Lionel Messi Meets Real Madrid Fan Rafael Nadal at Ibiza (View Pics)

Lionel Messi and Rafael Nadal are enjoying summer holidays after having a disappointing stint in their respective games. Rafael Nadal lost to Novak Djokovic whereas Messi’s team Argentina could not reach the semifinals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. To forget their disastrous outings, the two are currently an Ibiza letting their hair down.

Nadal and Messi bumped into each other and are said to have gone to a restaurant. Nadal has always been a Real Madrid support, but that did not stop him from interacting with the footballer. As per the newspaper, Mundo Deportivo claim Messi and Nadal met after dinner and posed for photographs. The two were seen having a great time together. While Messi will not be returning to Barcelona anytime soon, Nadal will start preparing for the US Open in September.

Nadal was also seen partying at Ushuaia. Check out the video below.

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Talking about Messi’s Argentina at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the team lost to France by 4-3 in the round of 16 at the Kazan Arena in Russia. Throughout the World Cup, Messi was criticised for his performance. Whereas, Nadal lost to Djokovic by 6-4,3-6,7-6,3-6,10-8. After the match, Djokovic, whose last grand slam final appearance came at the 2016 US Open, said: "I'm just overwhelmed. This kind of match you live for, you work for."

"It really could have gone either way. It was very clear that very few things separated the two players and until the last shot I didn't know if I was going to win. I believed it but I knew that he was very, very close and he had some chances,” he further said.

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