Lionel Messi celebrated the Qatar 2022 World Cup title with a fake trophy

Argentina raised to the sky of Doha the world Cup after decades of searching. On December 18, Lionel Messi finally managed to place his name among the few heroes who have managed to win it all.

Nevertheless, the captain of the albiceleste celebrated for a few minutes with an exact replica of the original that Iker Casillas, Hugo Lloris, Fabio Cannavaro or Cafú raised and that, Curiously, it was with which he reached the record for “I like you” on Instagram, 74’453,000 on his official account.

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The imitation trophy was owned by an Argentine family present on the field during the big game.

There are stories that, no matter how much they are read, seem to come out of a novel by Gabriel García Márquez. The family, owner of the trophy, arrived in Doha from Buenos Aires with the illusion of seeing his albiceleste achieve the long-awaited third star.

In the midst of the madness after the penalty shootout, one way or another, his particular trophy was passed from hand to hand until it reached the green of Lusail Stadium. The already eternal ’10 ′ of the Albiceleste took the imitation to carry her around the stadium, until Ángel Di María would arrive next to her to tell her what had happened.

The noodle I would then explain to Messi that this cup was not the FIFA cup, but a replica and that the real one was the one held by the Juventus man. The happiness of the Rosario was such that he could only laugh at such a surreal fact at the same time that anecdotal of a day that is already history for Argentina.

A couple of days after the final, Ferdinand of the Ordernewspaper photographer Clarion Y olé, published on Instagram the exact moment in which Di María told Messi what happened. “Di María, she told Leo that she had come around with a ‘trout’ glass. He had the real one, that’s why they laughed, ”she answered when asked by another colleague, Santiago Bluguermann.

The owners of the imitation appeared on the scene. So good was the imitation of the ‘trout’ cup that no player or staff realized the error. Be that as it may, Leo Messi recreated the iconic photo of Maradona in 1986, with the only difference being seeing Lautaro Martínez sitting on the crossbar of the goal. With a fake Trophy, many Internet users have blamed the family for the disaster, although Messi took the moment with sarcasm after discovering the cake.

“Before the World Cup we contacted people who are dedicated to making cups and it took them six months to make it. It has the weight of the original, it is made with resin and quartz inside and bathed with a gold-like paint. There are some details, marks and reliefs that are not similar, but the difference is minimal”, explained the couple to Clarion.

“The idea was that the players could sign it, but in the end the Cup entered the field of play three times. The first one was taken by a relative of Leandro Paredes, and he signed it. The second time they asked us for it and it was 45 minutes, it went from one player to another, from one family member to another, and they took photos. In the stands they told me ‘you lost the Cup’. We had fun, but we wanted him back. There I yelled at a couple of players ‘if you see the Cup that Paredes has, it’s ours’, and in the end Lautaro Martínez brought it, who also signed it. There came FIFA staff and asked us to confirm that it was not the original”.

“When we started to see the photos we realized that Leo had picked it up. we saw details, especially from the bottom, which confirmed that it was ours. Antonella (Messi’s wife) raised this glass, also one of Messi’s children”, the family would comment. The anecdote will remain forever in the heart of the Argentine family as one of those stories that no one would believe, were it not for the photo of Messi himself.

The Winner Trophy was only present at the time of the award ceremony for the new champions. After finishing this, by protocol, FIFA returns the cup to Zurich (Switzerland) where the highest international soccer body has its official headquarters. At that time, Argentina was given the “official copy” of the organization, an action that was recorded by the players.

For half an hour, two world cups came together on the pitch. Nevertheless, what is not known is if at some point the three cups coincided (the real one, the original cup and the ‘trout’) in the green of Lusail. (D)