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FootballA fake World Cup with Messi in the most liked photo in the world
More than 74 million people liked the photo of the Argentine captain with the trophy in Doha on December 18. But it was a World Cup brought by fans.
The story of the fake trophy in Messi’s hands should go down in World Cup history.
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When Paula Zuzulich and Manuel Zaro traveled to Lusail Stadium in Doha on December 18 to watch the World Cup final between Argentina and France, they certainly didn’t think their day was going to be told. all around the world. This is the Argentinian newspaper Clarin who revealed it.
These two Argentinian supporters went to the final with a fake World Cup, like many fans, just to curry favor with the Albiceleste. But they had done it big. The object weighs almost the same as the real thing and the precision of its size – it took six months to make – makes it a near replica of the original.
To have it signed
Once the victory was achieved, they jubilant like all the Argentinian fans on the planet and approached the edge of the field. Recognizing a relative of the Argentine player Leandro Paredes, they gave him the fake trophy, just to have it signed by the new world champions.
But in the euphoria, everyone grabbed this fake World Cup and it soon found itself in the hands of Lionel Messi who took a victory lap with it, being photographed by the media of the whole world. The image, posted on the Argentina captain’s Instagram account, even broke the world record for “likes” with more than 74 million little red hearts.
It was finally Angel di Maria, who had the real trophy in his hands, who explained, hilarious, to Messi that he had just made a lap of honor with a “trucha”, a fake one. “La Pulga” apparently appreciated the story moderately at first, before making fun of it, surely considering that a third star on the shirt was worth much more than this incident.