Police said two men on a motorcycle fired at least a dozen shots and left a message for Lionel Messi at a family-owned supermarket in Argentina.
The celebrity chef mingled with Argentina players and posed for photos on the pitch after their victory over France in Sunday’s final in Qatar.
It was meant to be the day that Argentina’s fans finally got to see their heroes in the flesh. Instead,the closest most of the five million supporters in Buenos Aires got to Lionel Messi was looking up as his helicopter circled above.
Thousands of fans lined up in the middle of the night to try to get a glimpse of the Argentina soccer team that won one of the greatest World Cup finals of all time.
This year’s World Cup attracted huge ratings for SBS,raising questions about the A-League’s inability to draw big audiences.
Argentina’s players and staff began their wild celebrations with a mock “moment of silence” for Kylian Mbappe before they danced on tables and leapt into wheelie bins after the World Cup final victory over France.
Lionel Messi merits exceptional treatment after his World Cup heroics,whether through his fans bowing before him in prayer or the most powerful man in Qatar trussing him up in a bisht.
“This team made people fall in love with them for the first time in decades,” said one relieved fan in Buenos Aires.
Lionel Messi was the World Cup final’s great presence,a force that was eventually irresistible. But Kylian Mbappe,the runner-up with a hat-trick to his name,was its finest player.
Lionel Messi finally has a World Cup winners medal after a dramatic climax to the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
After finally winning the World Cup,Lionel Messi made his strongest case yet to be considered soccer’s greatest player of all time.