{"id":5035,"date":"2026-06-18T19:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5035"},"modified":"2026-06-18T19:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:04:35","slug":"lionel-messis-family-releases-statement-on-father-jorge-messis-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5035","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi&#039;s Family Releases Statement On Father Jorge Messi&#039;s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Lionel Messi&#8217;s father is undergoing medical treatment for an undisclosed illness and his family asked the media for &#8220;humanity&#8221; on Thursday amid rumors about Jorge Messi&#8217;s health while his son competes at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;Jorge is going through a health situation,&#8221; the Messi family said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>The family did not specify the illness that the 68-year-old Jorge Messi is suffering from.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;He is currently under medical observation, recovering and progressing favorably within his current condition,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Messi said after Argentina&#8217;s 3-0 victory over Algeria in the team&#8217;s opening World Cup match that he was going through a difficult personal situation. He did not elaborate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>The family statement, released by Messi\u2019s media office, came on the same day that reports of Jorge Messi\u2019s death circulated in Argentina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>&#8220;At times like these, we ask for responsibility, prudence and humanity,&#8221; the family said. &#8220;A person\u2019s health and the peace of mind of their loved ones should not be the subject of speculation or irresponsible media interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>The statement said any further developments would be communicated by the family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><i>Reporting by the Associated Press.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Lionel Messi&#8217;s father is undergoing medical treatment for an undisclosed illness and his family asked the media for &#8220;humanity&#8221; on Thursday amid rumors about Jorge Messi&#8217;s health while his son competes at the World Cup. &#8220;Jorge is going through a health situation,&#8221; the Messi family said in a statement. The family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}