LIONEL MESSI'S wife Antonela Roccuzzo took social media by storm as she kicked off a new season as a "soccer mom".

Antonela, 36, took her son Thiago for training and posted a series of selfies with her child on Instagram.

Messi's childhood sweetheart took a seat by the touchline and was joined by an unexpected visitor while watching her son in action.

And that was none other than a cute lizard that just happened to be passing by.

Antonela posted: "New season of soccer mom starts."

Fans went wild as the photos attracted almost 1.5million likes from her 40.2m followers.

Messi, 37, is currently sidelined with an injury and watched his team Inter Miami in action from the stands alongside Antonela two weeks ago during a home match against Cincinnati at the Chase Stadium.

But it was the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner's partner that stole the headlines as she noticed the Apple TV cameramen were keeping a close eye on her and blew a kiss directly down the lens.