Alejandro “Papu” Gómez has never taken longer to get from immigration control to the boarding gate, but he will have to get used to this new normal after climbing his chosen pedestal of world champions. The attacking midfielder of the Argentina national team was shot like a star at Ezeiza airport and cheered by all passengers on the plane which took him to Spain.
“Papu” Gómez is, despite not having a starring role in the game after losing ownership following his debut, one of the most loved players of the team led by Lionel Scaloni. It is for the fans and, above all, for most of the players.
“Give him a sample, give him a sample,” cried the passengers on the flight that took Gómez and his family to Spain. There were hundreds of people standing, shouting and, in some cases, even hitting the trunk of the plane to greet the player who has to return to Sevilla’s training sessions.
With his blonde hair cropped, Gomez dropped out of first class and went on tour to greet fans up close as his wife filmed him.
“We still don’t fall much, what we’re experiencing these days is crazy. Let’s hope it never ends, it’s the dream of every Argentinian and every boy who has always dreamed of playing football,” he said moments before getting on the plane, in the midst of dozens of hugs and phone calls who wanted to immortalize the moment.
And he added, still smiling: “See you soon and thank you always for always supporting and being alongside the Argentine national team and for continuing to encourage them.”
Gomez’s last response to the insistence of reporters was hardly heard because the fans around him started chanting. “Ole, ole, ole, ole, Beckham, Beckham”.
Is that among his usual occurrences, Gómez told “Kun” Agüero in a live broadcast in which he accompanied Lionel Messi that he had shaved off mimicking the cut of former England footballer David Beckham.
A bondiola on the Costanera that went viral on the networks
“Papu” Gómez is very active on social networks and his occurrences tend to go viral. This time, the recreation of an image that went viral some time ago of him and his wife (at that time engaged) eating a bondiola sandwich on the Costanera.
Gómez shared a photograph with Linda Raff of them sitting on the Costanera in Buenos Aires eating bondiola sandwiches, just like they did in 2006 when they were dating. This time he added his three children (Bautista, Constanza and Milo), while adopting the same pose as in the original photo with his partner.
The post of “Papu” and his wife, married in 2012, generated thousands of laughing comments and in favor of the Gómez-Raff family, and among them was the defender Nicolás Tagliafico, his partner in the world champion team: “The neighbor I like grandparents.”
In this way, “Papu” has returned to exhibiting his most histrionic side since the days of his famous “Papu Dance” (a dance that has become a meme and much in demand in the privacy of the campus during celebrations) and the remembered streaming that He performed in Qatar together with Lionel Messi and Sergio Agüero where, “without going red”, he said he looked like the Englishman David Beckham, after a new look with a haircut and a beard.
Source: Clarin
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