Videos of the celebrations of the Argentine soccer team recorded after it beat Mexico in the match for the Qatar 2022 World Cup continue to circulate on social networks. In this context, they are spreading a alleged capture of a Lionel Messi Instagram story in which the player apparently wears a Mexico shirt as a mop. However, this is false. This is an edited image as satire.
Alleged capture of Messi’s stories
Disputes between fans and misinformation
After Argentina’s 2-0 win, unverified information began to circulate. First, the version spread that Lionel Messistar of the South American team, he kicked and stepped on the Mexican shirt in the middle of the dressing room celebration with his teammates. Some verifiers, like checkedThey explained the issue at the time.
This alleged story of aggression upset several netizens, including the Mexican boxer known as ‘Canelo’ Alvarezwho seriously threatened the Argentine soccer player in a series of tweets”
“Did you see Messi cleaning the floor with our shirt and flag? May he ask God not to find him for me 👊👊🤬🔥 ”
Screenshot of ‘Canelo’ Álvarez’s tweets about Messi’s alleged attack on the Mexican shirt
This generated an impact on social networks. Some sports celebrities, such as the Argentine Sergio ‘el Kun’ Aguero and the mexican Andres Guardadoexplained about the controversy that It is normal that in the dressing room they put their football shirts on the floor and that Messi pushed the Mexican shirt with his foot when trying to remove his boots.
Sergio Agüero and Andrés Guardado explain the context of the controversy
Part of the discussion of ‘Canelo’ with other users led to the fact that one of them will leave an alleged screenshot of the Instagram stories of the Argentine star. In the image, supposedly, Messi uses the shirt of the Mexican team as a mop. The boxer reacted to this graph.
Álvarez’s reaction to the alleged Messi story
The supposed story of Messi with the mop is false
The viral image that Lionel Messi supposedly uploaded to his Instagram stories It does not have the verification symbol that the platform offers for celebrities. When this type of content is published, a check appears between the publication time and the user, as in the following image. On the other hand, the footballer did not upload similar material to this platform during the day, only a video of encouragement to his selection.
Comparison between the real Instagram and the fake capture
How did this fake photo originate?
Everything indicates, according to the record of several tweets on the subject, that it is a joke or parody that became more sophisticated.
At 10:20 p.m. last Sunday, the Twitter user @albornoz_mx published the following Tweet next to a photograph of the Mexican team shirt on the ground: “I am selling the official mop used by Messi. Info by DM “.
Post by user @albornoz_mx mocking Mexico’s defeat
At 8.52 am last Monday, the Twitter user @maflorencia_a designed this post with a photo of the Mexican soccer jersey used as a mop: “Today: general cleaning”
One of the first publications with the photo of the Mexican shirt as a mop
Later, around noon, the user @valefigueroas_ retweeted the previous post. “Messi’s mop”, he added.
Post on Twitter that satirizes the photo of the mop with the Mexican shirt
Around that same time, the alleged story of the Argentine star began to circulate. However, many of the accounts that posted it are parodic or dedicated to posting memes.
Some of the parodic and meme accounts that posted the viral image
conclusion
Lionel Messi did not publish a story in which he uses the Mexican soccer jersey as a mop. It is a montage. The image does not have the verification symbol of the platform. In addition, the Argentine player did not upload similar content to his account. We classify the information as false.
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No, Lionel Messi did not upload a story in which he uses the Mexico shirt as a mop