Argentinian sports reporter breaks silence on Lionel Messi affair rumors
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Argentinian sports presenter Sofi Martinez has defiantly shutdown rumors of an affair with Lionel Messi, branding the rumors 'ridiculous.'. Martinez has shot into the spotlight over the past few years for her success covering the Argentinian national soccer team, in addition to her work on global sporting events such as the Olympics in Paris, Formula One and the Champions League for ESPN and Argentina's TV Publica.
![[The soccer star has been married to childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo since 2017]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/17/93795229-0-image-a-2_1736185194890.jpg)
The journalist's work has seen her interview a number of Argentina's greatest sports stars, including Messi. In particular, Martinez went viral for her emotional interview with the 37-year-old during Argentina's triumphant 2022 World Cup. The Inter Miami star's public interactions with Martinez have sparked rumors they could be romantically involved, despite Messi's seven-year marriage to childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo, with whom he shares three sons.
![[The reporter, who has risen to fame, has interview the Inter Miami star multiple times]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/17/93795235-0-image-a-4_1736185213923.jpg)
However, Martinez slammed the claims, opening up on the pain it has caused her and her family. 'A lot of the time when your exposure increases, it brings things that aren't so good and my family suffers a lot,' Martinez admitted during an appearance on 'PH: Podemos Hablar' on Argentinian channel, Telefe.
![[Martinez slammed the claims, opening up on the pain it has caused her and her family]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/17/93795243-0-image-a-3_1736185208823.jpg)
Argentinian sports presenter Sofia Martinez shutdown rumors of an affair with Lionel Messi. The soccer star has been married to childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo since 2017. The reporter, who has risen to fame, has interview the Inter Miami star multiple times.
![[Martinez has shot into the spotlight over the past few years for her success covering multiple sporting events, particularly the Argentinian team's World Cup and Copa America wins]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/17/93795251-0-image-m-13_1736185439241.jpg)
'This year, people began to talk more and more about, "What's up with the way he looks at you," things like this, and I was caught in the middle of something that made me feel ridiculous to have to clarify,' Martinez added, referring to the unfounded fan theories claiming that the pair exchanged flirtatious glances.
![[Messi shares three sons - Thiago, 12, Mateo, 9, and Ciro, 6, - with wife Antonela]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/06/17/93795223-0-image-a-9_1736185249903.jpg)
