Lionel Messi released a variation of his legendary phrase from the 2022 World Cup towards Peruvian defender Carlos Zambrano on Tuesday during Argentina’s victory against Peru (1-0).
Lionel Messi reenacted a scene from the last 2022 World Cup that entered his legend, Tuesday during Argentina’s victory against Peru (1-0). The world superstar was annoyed by the muscular preferential treatment of defender Carlos Zambrano during an action in the first period (36th). After carrying out a check then a left strike at the entrance to the opponent’s penalty area, the attacker received a delayed charge from his opponent who even dealt him an involuntary blow to the face. And that didn’t please Pulga too much.
A variation of the famous “¿Que miras bobo?”
According to images from an isolated camera pointed at him by the TyC Sports channel, Messi then addressed the defender with a dark look before saying the phrase: “Que haces bobo?” (“What are you doing, stupid?”). A variation of his remark to Dutch striker Wout Weghorst at the end of the very tense quarter-final between Argentina and the Netherlands (2-2, 4 tab 3) during the last 2022 World Cup. that he was speaking on a media microphone after the match, Messi abruptly interrupted himself by directing his gaze towards Weghorst, who was passing nearby before calling out to him: “Que miras, bobo? Anda pa’ alla, bobo!” (“What are you looking at, you idiot? Get over there, idiot”).
The viral scene has gone down in history to the point of becoming a commercial phenomenon in Argentina with the sale of derivative products. The repartee had also been the subject of a meme on social networks but also of musical remixes. Even Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi’s great rival, recently had fun with it in a YouTube video with his partner Georginia Rodriguez.
A few months after this rather rare public attack concerning him, Lionel Messi said he regretted this remark. “I don’t like what I did,” he explained. “There was a lot of tension. It came out naturally. There was a lot going on with this player and two others during the match. It came out naturally. I don’t like that image.” On Tuesday, he used the same rhetoric but in a different context, in the middle of a match. But the cameras trained on him brought his repartee back into focus.
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