Lionel Messi has been filmed smiling and throwing back a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toy when the Argentina team were being taken around Buenos Aires on top of a bus as fans greeted them for their World Cup triumph.
Messi and Kylian Mbappe are teammates at Paris Saint-Germain, but on the pitch at the Lusail Stadium on Sunday, the duo were out to represent their respective countries and win football’s ultimate prize. At the end of the match, the two forwards were seen hugging each other. The duo have connected well for the club side, with Messi assisting a significant number of goals Mbappe has netted in this season.
Check out Messi’s reaction right here:
Mbappe bears a resemblance to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle character Donatello, and he has been given the character’s name as a nickname by his PSG teammates.
He was once given a Donatello mask wrapped up in a luxury brand box as a prank by former PSG captain Thiago Silva.
Social media has been rife with comments regarding the incident, with many suggesting that Mbappe, who is considered PSG’s talisman, will force Messi out of the team after this video came to light.
Mbappe has no doubt been one of the best players of the recently concluded tournament. He has scored eight goals in the 2022 edition of the World Cup, which brings his total goals scored in the World Cup to 12. The highest scorer in World Cup history is Germany’s Miroslav Klose with 16, which means that the Frenchman can surpass him as the competition’s top scorer in the upcoming editions.
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Argentina footballers were greeted by millions of fans when they stepped into Buenos Aires with the coveted World Cup trophy. In another photograph that has come to light, their goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez can be seen holding a doll with Mbappe’s face on it, evoking backlash on social media.
