2023-08-09 09:58:27
Inter Miami
When cleaning man asks Lionel Messi for autograph, he is fired
At Inter Miami, the hype about superstar Lionel Messi is huge. One cleaner’s enthusiasm for the Argentine was fatal.
Published9. Aug 2023, 11:58 am
A Lionel Messi autograph cost Cristian Salamanca the job.
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The Colombian was a cleaner at Inter Miami’s stadium when Messi played against Orlando.
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However, the club urges club employees not to take selfies and autographs with fans.
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The Argentinian is now delighting football fans in the USA as well.
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This fan expressed his enthusiasm for Messi with a ‘GOAT mask’.
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Cristian Salamanca has lost his job at a cleaning company.
This because he had asked Lionel Messi for an autograph.
The fired cleaner does not regret her dismissal.
Since Lionel Messi’s MLS arrival is in Miami a real Messi mania broken out The Argentinian superstar wowed the football world with his goals and assists, but signed an autograph to sack a cleaner at Inter Miami’s stadium. The fired Cristian Salamanca explains to the Argentine newspaper “la Nación” how it came about.
He says he has just cleaned the toilets in the sector of the stadium where the teams’ buses were parked. “Luckily I was outside when the bus arrived and all the players got off,” reports the Colombian. Messi was the last to get out, whereupon he shouted “hey, world champion”. The Argentine looked at him and ran towards him.
“It was worth every second”
“I showed him I was wearing an Argentina shirt and held up a pen. He offered me his autograph,” said Salamanca overjoyed. The security service present was less pleased with the whole thing. “He took me with him and immediately threw me out, but it was worth every second,” says the now unemployed Messi fan.
Salamanca himself was not employed by Inter Miami, but by a company that takes care of cleaning at various sporting events and concerts. He worked for the first time at Drive Pink Stadium in last week’s game against Orlando City. Nevertheless, his dismissal should not have surprised him. Inter Miami has a very strict policy regarding the contact of those working around the club with its footballers. The instruction applies that one should behave professionally and not bother the stars for photos or autographs.
In addition to the great publicity, the Messi deal for Inter Miami has also paid off from a sporting point of view. With another brace, the 36-year-old recently paved the way for his new club to reach the quarter-finals of the North American Leagues Cup against FC Dallas. In total, he has seven goals and one assist in four Miami games.
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