More than a game: 5 romantic stories about soccer players and their wives

British publication Daily Mail published a list of the most beautiful companions of the players of the 2018 World Cup. But girls support their men not only during the championship. Some of them together with their husbands have to endure long separations, repeated moves from city to city, or even another country, victories and defeats. We have collected 5 love stories of soccer players and ladies of their hearts.

Alexander and Veronika Erokhin

Russian national team midfielder Alexander Erokhin was very lucky. His wife Veronica was on the first place in the Daily Mail rating.

The couple have been together for 11 years. During this time, they have experienced many moves and trials.
Veronica is a marketer and a candidate master of sports in ballroom dancing. However, for the sake of her husband, the girl had to give up her career.

In one of the interviews Veronica said: “At first, all these moves were interesting – different people and different cities. But then all these cars, transportation of things and rented apartments began to strain. Every time I had to get used to new places. But I want my husband to develop, and I listen to his opinion. I am very proud of him, I know what he went through to get this result. This is his dream, and I’m glad it came true.”

Now Alexander’s wife can’t imagine her life without soccer. She is its main spectator. Veronica can often be seen during matches with the wives of other footballers. Many noticed that she always comes to the stadium dressed in the colors of the national flag.
In September 2017, the couple had a son Fyodor. In her “instagram” the first beauty of the 2018 World Cup shares very touching family photos.

In Rostov, this couple is very much loved. Veronica says that on the streets she is often congratulated on her victories, wishing her good luck. Funny messages from neighbors in the entrance after the historic victory of Rostov over Bayern, the girl published in her social networks.

Marcos Aoas Correa and Carol Cabrino

When Carol was 15 years old, her YouTube channel already had millions of views. She was quite a popular singer. Three years later, she was invited to participate in the show Young Talent.
The love story of Carol and Marcos began when the Brazilian soccer player saw one of her videos on the channel and decided to write a message. In addition, he simply attacked the girl with comments under each of her photos.

After they met, their communication continued daily. Lovers just could not tear themselves away from each other. Marcos invited Carol to visit him in France.
The couple began to meet only four months after the beginning of communication. Soon the girl moved to France.

On February 1, 2014, Marcos proposed to Carol, but only two years later in Trancoso, Portugal, they officially became husband and wife.

On Marcos Correa’s 23rd birthday in 2017, his wife prepared a special gift for him and she managed to move him to tears. When the soccer player came home, on the bathroom mirror he saw the inscription “Congratulations, Daddy. We now have three hearts. We love you more than anything in the world.” Next to the heart-shaped sign were a row of small red pebbles with a pair of tiny sneakers in the center.

Underneath the video, the girl captioned, “We did it the way we wanted to do it, didn’t we? We met, we dated, we got married… And now we’re at the best stage of our lives – pregnancy.”
Marcos himself is very appreciative of his wife’s support and says of her: “Carol is a very important person to me. Since she is with me, I have become a real man”.

Roberto Firmino and Larissa Pereira Firmino

The soccer player met his future wife in a nightclub five years ago.
Brazilian national team star Roberto Firmino and Larissa Pereira got married last year, although by this time behind the back of the couple already had four years of relationship and two daughters.
Wedding photos in the girl’s account were gradually replaced by photos from the stadiums of the 2018 World Cup.

These two are really happy with each other, and it is noticeable. Larissa turns to her husband with tender words, she is ready to go for him at least to the end of the world.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez

After an altercation with the midfielder of the club Atletico, in which on the antics of the opponent Cristiano shouted: “Yes, I’m gay, but I have a lot of money,” – the footballer refuted his words by appearing in public with a new girlfriend. She turned out to be Georgina Rodriguez – a dancer and saleswoman in Gucci boutique. The couple was strolling in Disneyland Paris.

According to rumors, Georgina and Cristiano met at a closed party Dolce & Gabbana in Madrid, where the girl worked as a model. Not immediately the public believed in their relationship, too suspicious after such a statement.
But the couple proved the seriousness of their intentions. After a year of relationship, Ronaldo announced that his girlfriend was in a position. “I’m happy to have another child,” he did not hide his emotions. Ronaldo was already raising a 7-year-old son and twins Eva and Mateo, who were born by a surrogate mother.
In November 2017, Cristiano became a father for the fourth time. Georgina gave birth to a daughter Alana-Martina to the footballer.
The girl together with the footballer came to the 2018 World Cup and shares photos from Russia. There are rumors that the couple plans to get married in August.

Lionel Messi and Antonella Rocuzzo

This love story started very early on. Lionel Messi and Antonella Rocuzzo met each other when they were only five years old. Messi’s grandmother wanted her grandson to play soccer professionally, and took the future forward to the sports section. There was also engaged and his friend – a cousin of his future wife. They met, but this meeting remained just a meeting, but Lionel and Antonella remembered each other for a long time.

They met again on Christmas Day in 2009 and realized they were in love. Now Messi says that he is happy with Antonella and regrets the time he spent on other relationships.
Messi spent almost all of his time with Antonella and, according to fans, he became calmer and played even better. Three years into the relationship, he became a father. News of the position of his companion Messi reported very original: scoring a goal for Argentina, he stuck the ball under his shirt, imitating pregnancy.

Now the couple is happily married and raising three children. In March this year Antonella gave birth to Messi’s youngest son, Kiro, in connection with which she was unable to attend all matches of the World Cup. Nevertheless, the girl did not leave her husband without support and flew to Russia for the match against Nigeria.