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Lionel Messi dancing on the table with the FIFA World Cup trophy

 



ESPNFC posted the video on its official Twitter handle and credited Lionel Messi's teammate Nicolas Otamendi for the clip.

Star footballer Lionel Messi was overjoyed and celebrated with his teammates as Argentina won the FIFA World Cup title on Sunday. A video of him went viral on the internet in which Messi is seen dancing with the World Cup trophy on a table inside the dressing room.

ESPNFC posted the video on its official Twitter handle and credited Messi's teammate Nicolas Otamendi for the clip.

ESPNFC captioned the video on the microblogging site, "Lionel Messi jumping on the table in the dressing room."


— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) December 18, 2022

Hundreds of fans celebrated on the streets of City of Joy, Kolkata as Messi Lionel Messi entered folklore with Argentina's historic victory in the FIFA World Cup.

Crowds of Argentina and Messi fans gathered at Vidhannagar's Sreebhoomi Sporting Club to watch the World Cup final.

As Gonzalo Montiel scored the winning penalty for Argentina to make it 4–2, the entire club erupted in applause with chants of 'Messi... Messi...' and 'Vamos Argentina'.

“I have no words to express my feelings right now. We all have been waiting to see this happen for a long time. It was Messi's last World Cup and we all wanted him to lift the World Cup," one of the Argentina fans told ANI.

Messi scored twice and then claimed a third World Cup title as Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties in a shootout on Sunday, while Kylian Mbappe scored his first hat-trick in the final in 56 years.

Before the final, a fan (@josepolanco10) posted a tweet that quickly gained popularity on social media. This tweet was done on March 31, 2015. He predicted in the tweet that Messi and Argentina would win the World Cup on December 18, 2022.

Messi, 35, has collected seven Ballon d'Or awards for the world's best player, but his last trip to the World Cup final ended in bitter disappointment in 2014, losing to Germany.

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