Good things come in twos for Rafael Leao it seems, who celebrated the birth of twin boys recently and announced it after scoring twice against Cagliari.
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As La Gazzetta dello Sport recall, Leao said in the summer that he would become a father and it happened in the past few weeks. He and his mother preferred not to announce the news on social media until after the match against Cagliari.
Leao posted a very clear Instagram story: a baby bottle and two letters, L and T. They are the initials of Leonardo and Tiago, his first children, twin boys born a few weeks ago.
The winger announced it in an interview with La Gazzetta at the beginning of August: “I will become a father soon, father of twins. They should be born in November. We will call them Rodrigo and Tiago.”
👶👶 Congratulations to @RafaeLeao7, who has welcomed twin boys Leonardo and Tiago into the world ❤️🖤 pic.twitter.com/pdW6AGhl7P
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A couple of things have changed since that day. The name of one of the children is one, given Leonardo was chosen, not Rodrigo. The birth date is the other: Rafa’s children were born early, a few weeks ago, as sometimes happens with twins.
This is also why Leao – and Rodrigo and Tiago’s mother – have chosen not to make the birth public, a choice in line with Rafa’s habits, who posts many images on Instagram but almost never reveals details of his private life.