The video of Mateo Messi’s performance, in which he scored five goals for the Inter Miami youth club, has gone viral on social media.

In the video, Mateo demonstrates his remarkable dribbling and ball-handling abilities, outpacing his opponents and earning parallels to his famous father. He scored five goals, one of which was a spectacular free kick.

Like his famous father before him, Mateo has been a star in youth tournaments all over the US while playing for Inter Miami Academy and wearing the famous number ten jersey. The footballing prowess of one of Messi’s sons has been on display before. Before this month’s Easter International Cup, his eleven-year-old son Thiago captained the Inter Miami U12 squad to victory.

Mateo stands out from his family for his irreverent public displays of passion and fun pranks, in contrast to his more reserved father and brother.

When Mateo’s mother punished him twice in 2022 for doing things like leaping on seats and tossing lollipops at World Cup spectators, it made headlines. Additionally, he had a tantrum during Argentina’s World Cup celebrations because his father ignored him.