Juan Román Riquelme’s farewell was a real party, the main attraction of which was the presence of Lionel Messi. The Argentina team’s captain shone on the pitch at La Bombonera, even scoring a goal and generally in a good mood throughout the event. However, the pre-game TV broadcast managed to capture an awkward moment caused by the journalist’s interference in the dressing room Sofia Martinez.
As part of her coverage of the show, the reporter from TV Pública entered the dressing rooms at Boca Juniors stadium, but coach Alfio “Coco” Basile didn’t like her presence and ordered her to leave the stadium. In the end, the woman was able to continue questioning those present, but she was not able to do so with “Lio”. The world champion, who had just been photographed together with Pablo Aimar, “disappeared” from the image displayed by the camera within seconds to avoid the communicator’s approach.
This was the awkward moment Messi experienced
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What did Sofía Martínez say about the incident?
A day after the awkward moment she was living with Basile, the young woman revealed that the manager’s reaction was because he had not been warned that she would be interviewing her in the dressing room. “I swear I thought he was joking. First…” Martínez said of Basile’s warning that he would “get scared” in the dressing room.
“I couldn’t believe he was serious because I was checked again to see if I had to go inside. So later I ran, checked that nobody was naked as he told me and continued (…) Then everything was a little tense because everyone was silent,” added the journalist.
Who is Sofia Martinez?
Sofía Martínez is an Argentinian sportswriter who has had an extensive career since she was 19 years old. She is best known for her work on public television, but is also currently part of ESPN and Urbana Play Radio.
She accompanied the Argentine team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and is remembered for the words of thanks she dedicated to Messi in the middle of an interview, a video that went viral on social networks.
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Watch Messi’s goal in farewell to Riquelme
In the second half of the friendly between Boca Juniors and Argentina, Messi scored his only goal of the evening after making a superb individual move that left goalkeeper Córdoba in the lurch.