After the victory against Canada, the Argentina National Team revolutionized social media and responded to the Canadian artist Drake who had bet $300,000 that his country’s team would beat the current world champion in the Copa America semi-final this Tuesday.
Before the match, Drake He had posted a message for Lionel Messi: “this could get Messi.” The post is accompanied by a Canadian flag. This fact did not go unnoticed by the Albiceleste team.
The official English account of the national team made a post after the victory of the team in which it wrote “Not like us, not with us”Translated into Spanish, the chosen phrase means: “Not like us, not with us”. Curiously, this phrase belongs to a song by Drake’s rival, the rapper Kendric Lamar; so many users interpreted it as a clear message for the Canadian.
The song was released by Lamar in May and its lyrics criticize Drake, with whom he has a rivalry. The Canadian also has lyrics that speak to the American rapper. The song accumulates almost 500 million times on Spotify.
Copa America: Argentina beat Canada and is a finalist
After playing one of his best games, Argentina defeated on Tuesday 2-0 Canadaand became the first finalist of the America Cup. The goals of Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi They put the team in its fourth final in five editions.
The official account of the Argentine National Team He also referred to the singer in a post and wrote: “A team that breaks all bets.” The phrase, which makes a clear reference to the controversial bet, was accompanied by an image of the national team celebrating after the second goal of the match.
The post quickly went viral on the platforms and surpassed 1000 “likes” in less than an hour.
According to the image that the rapper shared on his Instagram, his bet would have given him a payment of US$2.88 million If Canada won, but from the “The Spider” goal at 23′the balance was leaning towards Argentina’s victory. That is why a post celebrating the performance of the 9 in the match could not be missed.
The situation for the team that the rapper was rooting for became much more complicated after Enzo Fernández’s pass that ended in a goal with an intervention by Messi.
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The team will seek its victory in Miami on Sunday fourth title followed by the hand of 10, then the Copa America in Brazilagainst the local team in 2021, the intercontinental “final” with a thrashing of European champion Italy and the Qatar World Cup with a victory over France in 2022.
In the definition of the continental tournament, the “albiceleste” will face the winner of the match between Uruguay and Colombia which will be played this Wednesday.
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