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Football: Messi targeted by spit from a Paraguayan

Last night, during Argentina's victory against Paraguay (1-0) in a 2026 World Cup qualifying match, Lionel Messi entered in the 53rd minute.

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Football: Messi targeted by spit from a Paraguayan

Last night, during Argentina's victory against Paraguay (1-0) in a 2026 World Cup qualifying match, Lionel Messi entered in the 53rd minute. Time for him to touch the posts twice and say a few sweet words to Antonio Sanabria, Paraguayan striker. The latter, in the 84th minute, seems to have spat in the direction of the Pulga, with his back at that precise moment. An action which did not fail to provoke a reaction from the Argentine supporters while the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner preferred to play down the situation... by still sending a little dig at his opponent.

“I don’t know who this guy is and I don’t want to make a big deal out of it, otherwise he will be everywhere and will become a name known to everyone” reacted the former Parisian, who would have learned of the spitting from his teammates in the locker room after the meeting.

For his part, Sanabria denied the facts in front of the microphones. “I saw the footage and it looks like I’m spitting on him, but no. He is also far away, defended the Torino player. What happens is that in the image, we only see the view from behind and it looks like I'm spitting on him. But it's wrong. I completely deny it.”

Ironically, Messi, who claims not to know “this guy”, took the time to take a photo with the young Sanabria during his FC Barcelona days. A cliché released this morning by the Argentine media after the supposed gesture of the Paraguayan who did not make any friends in Buenos Aires...

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