The lady who was seen in an emotional embrace with Lionel Messi following Sunday’s World Cup Closing has been revealed to be chef Antonia Farias.
A lot hypothesis had gathered on who the thriller lady was, with some believing it was a member of Messi’s household given the tenderness of the hug. Nevertheless, reviews in Argentina state she is an worker of the nationwide staff.
Footage emerged of Farias carrying an Argentina shirt, approaching Messi within the post-match celebrations after Argentina’s penalty shoot-out victory of France.
The pair lock in a decent hug because the everybody within the Argentina camp celebrates the victory
The emotion was there to see from each Messi and chef Farias in a young post-match second
Messi’s face lit-up as he noticed Farias and he or she wrapped her arms across the nationwide staff skipper because the pair loved a decent celebratory hug.
In line with Argentine newspaper Clarin, Farias has been a chef with La Albiceleste for the final decade and recurrently travels with the squad.
She was a part of the set-up throughout final yr’s COPA America and Finalissma win at Wembley, and travelled to cook dinner for the staff in Qatar for the World Cup – 4 years after doing the identical in Russia on the final finals.
Messi and Farias share birthday celebrations collectively throughout a nationwide staff get collectively
The chef is alleged to be nicely cherished by the squad, each for her culinary abilities and perspective across the camp. A lot so, she was introduced with a birthday cake while they had been in Russia alongside Messi’s personal big day.
Messi was additionally joined on the pitch within the celebrations by his spouse Antonela Roccuzzo and their sons, with every posing and taking turns to kiss the well-known World Cup trophy.
Nevertheless, one congratulatory face wasn’t met with fairly the identical enthusiasm by Messi, that of one other cook dinner, Turkish ‘superstar’ chef Salt Bae.
Messi was additionally joined on the pitch by his spouse Antonela Roccuzzo and their youngsters to rejoice his well-known World Cup win
Messi reluctantly shook the hand of Turkish chef Salt Bae who someway was allowed on the pitch throughout the celebrations
The 39-year-old, who discovered fame on-line, was someway allowed on the pitch after the trophy presentation and desperately tried to get the Argentina’s skipper consideration.
Nevertheless, Messi just about blanked Bae’s advances and carried on having fun with the second he’d spent the final month dreaming about occurring.
Messi and Argentina had been as we speak greeted by hundreds of Followers in Buenos Aries because the returning heroes paraded the World Cup trophy across the nation’s capital metropolis.
