Lionel Messi's words after being spat on by a rival from Paraguay

Argentina won 1-0 against Paraguay, in a match that corresponded to gameweek number 3 of the CONMEBOL qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. Despite the great victory and the fact that Argentina is now in first place after Brazil's tie, the three points They ended up being the least of it...

Shortly before the end of the match, Lionel Messi received a spit in the back from Antonio Sanabria, a Paraguayan striker. The image didn't take minutes and had already gone viral around the world. It is not common to see Lionel Messi spit on a soccer field.

Lionel Messi didn't give it importance, these were his words: "The truth is that I didn't see it. They told me in the locker room that one of them had spit on me. The truth is I don't even know who this guy is. I also don't want to give importance because it's to go out and talk everywhere and it's worse"

What did Messi say about playing after his injury? "I am happy to be able to add minutes and to be able to play with the National Team. I feel good, I was able to add training sessions and minutes, I had played little for my club, but today I played again and little by little I started to feel good. It is beautiful every time "We have to play at home. I'm also happy with how the game turned out."

Who is Sanabria?

Although most are knowing him now, the player has been in clubs such as Sassuolo, Roma, Sporting de Gijón, Real Betis and Genoa, in addition, he was a teammate of Lionel Messi in Barcelona for a fairly limited period of time. It turns out that, in mid-2013, Gerardo Martino made the strange decision to promote the Paraguayan striker to the professional squad, although he never made his debut.