Lionel Messi wore fake trophy in most-liked Instagram post after World Cup final

The image is still in everyone’s mind. After the final of the 2022 France-Argentina World Cup, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria or Emiliano Martinez took turns in Lusail with the World Cup. The Pulga was even photographed with the trophy and the photo was liked by 75 million people, a record on Instagram. However, the Argentine media Clarin reveals this Wednesday that the Parisian was actually “a fake trophy” at the time of this famous shot.

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After the real trophy was handed over by Gianni Infantino, following the penalty shootout won by the Albiceleste against the Blues, a couple in their forties from Argentina, who made a similar replica, manage to slip it to relatives of Leandro Paredes…until that fake haircut hit the pitch minutes later. The two versions are then exchanged on the green rectangle, Lionel Messi inherits the replica, is carried in triumph and is photographed at that moment.

Informed a few hours later, Lionel Messi preferred to smile. For their part, the Argentine couple was able to recover their World Cup a few days later in Buenos Aires when the Albiceleste returned to Argentina.

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