“If Argentina is world champion…”: Chiqui Tapia’s promise to a famous Turkish chef visiting his exclusive restaurant in Doha

The day off that the Argentina national team had this Sunday was not just for the players. The president of the AFA, Claudius “Chiqui” Tapiahe also took the opportunity to walk the streets of Doha and also allowed himself the luxury of visiting the premises of the famous Turkish chef Nusret Gokce, nicknamed ‘Salta Bae’ for its particular way of salting meat. In the place, where defender Lisandro Martínez was also with his family, made a promise if those led by Lionel Scaloni will get the title in the World Cup in Qatar 2022.

At least that’s how Gökce himself published it, in a story he shared on his official Instagram account. “The president of Argentina (sic), Chiqui Tapia. He is extremely great and very sincere. Good luck. He said that if Argentina is world champion, all together we will have a big party in Doha”wrote, in English, the Turkish chef, who at one point received the stars Diego Armando Maradona and Lionel Messi, in different parts of the planet where he has his restaurants.

Although he did not reveal who he shared dinner with, Chiqui Tapia took the opportunity to walk the streets of Doha on the first completely free day that those led by Lionel Scaloni have had since the beginning of this expedition in search of the third title in the top FIFA tournament.

In the same place, apparently separate, was Lisandro Martínez, one of the defensive bastions of the Scaloneta, together with his family. The ‘butcher’, as he is nicknamed at Manchester United in England, even dared to imitate Nusret in his viral way of throwing salt on the different cuts he offers in his restaurants.

His wife Muri López Benítez told it in various stories on Instagram, who arrived in Doha together with other members of the families of the Argentine national football players to accompany the performance of the albicelestes in the Arab lands.

From Maradona to Messi

Controversy aside over the cost of its most famous cuts (they can be paid for close to $2,000) and what its former employees report that pays them (about $16 a month), Nusr Et has gradually become an icon of world gastronomy , with restaurants on the five continents of the planet.

There, among other personalities from all walks of life, he was delighted to have received the Argentine stars Diego Armando Maradona Y Lionel Messi.

With Diego, in March 2018, there was a memorable evening, especially for the faces that ‘Pelusa’ left at the time as he watched in action and tasted the Turkish chef’s delicacies.

A few months after the disappointment of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Messi himself sat down at his table in the restaurant he has in Dubai, together with his wife Antonela Roccuzzo and his Spanish friend Cesc Fábregas.

At Nusret Gökçe’s club, the Barca star not only tasted a succulent piece of meat, but also shared a pleasant chat with Paul PogbaManchester United midfielder and champion with France at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.