It had been a few minutes since Lionel Messi lifted the World Cup again. An albiceleste tide dispersed through the streets of Núñez enraptured by the historic celebration of the conquest in Qatar when it went viral on social networks a photo that revolutionized River fans.
Messi, dressed in his team shirt and pants but barefoot, He shows River’s ten with a smile which has his name printed and Marcelo Gallardo, the most successful manager in the history of the Núñez club, is also smiling with him, who came to greet him in the Monumental dressing room.
It was just after midnight and that image immediately went viral and made River fans delirious.
“The perfect photo exists“, River captioned on her social networks when she posted the photo.
It’s not the first millionaire shirt Messi has received. In 2015, when he beat River with Barcelona in the final of the Club World Cup, the props gave him one and Rosario’s man had himself photographed with it on his shoulders.
The bond of the best footballer in the world with Núñez’s club dates back to Rosario’s childhood, when before embarking for Barcelona he tried and stayed at River but gave up signing because the club did not take care of the care he needed to help their physical growth.
Messi also posed in a River shirt and club president Jorge Brito.
Another of the club’s honorees was coach Lionel Scaloni and Marcelo Gallardo was still smiling as he held up the River shirt.
The creator of ‘la escaloneta’ was given a shirt with the number 18 on the back, an allusion to the number that the Albiceleste coach wore with the Under 20 team that won the 1997 World Cup in Malaysia at the hands of José Pekerman.
Source: Clarin
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