The captain of the Argentine National Team, Lionel Messiwas nominated for the category “Viral Bomb” of the awards MTV MIAW for the famous phrase “Go there, fool” into Dutch Wout Weghorst after the victory on penalties in the quarterfinals in the World Cup Qatar 2022 that I would finally have him as champion.
In the category he was shortened together with Shakirafor its theme song in the bizarre session that he dedicated to his ex Gerard Piquéand Bad Bunnyfor throwing the cell phone of a fan who wanted to take a picture with him into a river.
The unexpected but funny phrase of Messi It occurred during an interview for an Argentine television channel, when in the middle of a question he crossed the striker Weghorst and yelled at him “Go there, fool” in front of the cameras.
The moment was portrayed as one of the most remembered of the world Cupin addition to the agonizing victory on penalties.
“What are you looking at, fool? Go over there, fool”were the words of the world champion, without having any idea of what it would cause in the following weeks to fans and supporters around the world.
Today, in addition to all the titles he won at the sporting level, he can receive another one but for something he did off the pitch.
How to vote for Messi
In order to choose Messi in the category “Viral Bomb” you have to go to the website MTV MIAW and click on the image of the Argentine star, which has the legend “Messi and his What are you looking at, fool?”
In January, Messi received for the same viral moment a Martin Fierro Digital Awarddelivered by APTRA and received by the influencer Grego Roselloin the category “Best Two Minute Digital Viral”.
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