1 “WILL THE REAL LIONEL MESSI PLEASE STAND UP?”
When CONMEBOL decided to host a special ‘Night of the Stars’, the audience could have been forgiven for rubbing their eyes and fearing that they were seeing double. “Look, there’s Lionel Messi! But hang on, isn’t that other guy Lionel Messi, too?”
No, it wasn’t the big reveal of the Argentine’s secret twin brother, sent out on to the pitch when Messi’s tired to stroll around disinterested and hope no one notices it’s not really him (although it would explain a lot about Bayern 8-2 Barcelona).
Instead, this was the unveiling of a statue of ‘the Flea’ at the federation’s museum on the outskirts of Paraguayan capitalhad statues of Pele with the 1970 World Cup and Diego Maradona with the 1986 trophy, so it was only fitting that they added one of Messi from Qatar.