Carlos Alcaraz is taking significant strides in his professional career. The 20-year-old is garnering the attention of the fans with his brilliant display. Alcaraz, a name synonymous with talent and potential, recently had an incredible encounter with soccer superstar Lionel Messi at the Prestigious Award.

Alcaraz’s soccer connection starts with Real Madrid. The starlet is a massive Los Blancos fan. He visits Real Madrid games and Real Madrid players watched Alcaraz defeating Grigor Dimitrov recently in the Madrid Open. The sensational start to his professional career saw him win a major award at Laureus Sports Award, where he met Messi.

Carlos Alcaraz’s reaction to meeting Lionel Messi

Laureus Sports Award is one of the significant individual awards given to athletes every year since 2000. The award has different categories, including Sportsman of the Year and Breakthrough of the Year. The award ceremony took place in Paris recently, and Lionel Messi and Carlos Alcaraz were the winners in different categories.

Messi won the Sportsman of the Year and was the primary attraction at the ceremony. The attention that the Argentine garnered left Carlos Alcaraz in awe. Alcaraz, who won the Breakthrough of the Year, wanted to meet Messi. It didn’t happen at first, as the reporters surrounded the World Cup winner. Alcaraz said, “It’s crazy,” while speaking to the press after seeing the reporters intercepting the Argentine again and again.

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“I did not have the opportunity to meet him. It is incredible to be just a few meters from him. He is really very crazy, I wish I could shake his hand,” Alcaraz said. However, his wish did come true, as he was able to shake hands with the PSG superstar and he also had a small discussion with the Argentine. 

Messi added another trophy to his cabinet

With a very successful World Cup fete, Messi added another individual trophy to his cabinet. Before this, he won the Laureus award for individual performance in 2020 and with the national team, as Argentina won the Team of the Year for the World Cup campaign.

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Overall, it was the fifth Laureus nomination for Messi and he won the award first while he was still in FC Barcelona. This time, he won it amid his future hanging up in the air, as he is reportedly leaving PSG. Reports have linked Messi with several clubs, and where he plays next season remains to be seen.

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