This moment will be hotly debated!
Before Argentina and Lionel Messi (35) receive the World Cup trophy from Fifa President Gianni Infantino, Messi receives a very special gift.
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani puts a cape on the superstar.
Messi is clearly NOT enthusiastic about this action – so close to handing over the World Cup. It becomes clear how uncomfortable he feels. In the end, he gets the cloak anyway.
When he is finally allowed to lift the World Cup trophy, he even hides a little in the Argentinian cluster of players. Still, Messi is clearly recognizable through the cape.
Expert Bastian Schweinsteiger criticizes the action on ARD: “You take away a really big moment from the player. I didn’t like it either. You can do that later in the cabin. I don’t think Messi himself was happy either. In my opinion, the action was unsuccessful.”
By the way: The cape is called Bicht.
The bischt is a noble outer garment that is only worn on special occasions over the dishdasha (traditional male garment), primarily in the Arab world. In Qatar, especially by important people on the national day of the country. The bischt is mostly brown or black and has borders of real gold thread.
It doesn’t get any hotter! This video is football history
A special occasion is of course the World Cup final in Qatar. Of course, that’s why the Qatari Emir wore the bischt.
Messi is now flying with the World Cup – and a shot to Argentina…
