{"id":140595,"date":"2022-12-26T15:59:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T10:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=140595"},"modified":"2022-12-26T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T10:29:16","slug":"fact-check-fifa-world-cup-2022-messi-hugged-his-mother-after-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-fifa-world-cup-2022-messi-hugged-his-mother-after-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Media outlets got it wrong; Messi hugging woman after WC final is not his mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A video of Argentine football player Lionel Messi embracing a woman on the field has been making the rounds on social media recently. It has been claimed that the woman seen here is Messi&#8217;s mother. Several media outlets also carried the image with the same claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221221072725\/https:\/\/hindi.news24online.com\/sports\/fifa-world-cup-2022-watch-viral-video-of-lionel-messi-hugging-his-mother-after-argentina-beat-embappe-france-sid\/112118\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">News 24<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> identified the woman in the clip as the footballer\u2019s mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im2.ezgif.com\/tmp\/ezgif-2-82ff98f741.jpg\" alt=\"[webp-to-jpg output image]\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/indiatvnews\/posts\/529415052456925\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">India TV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> also claimed that the woman hugging Messi was his mother.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im2.ezgif.com\/tmp\/ezgif-2-36f39bfc69.jpg\" alt=\"[webp-to-jpg output image]\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similarly, several media outlets including <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221221072724\/https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/sports\/football\/watch-lionel-messi-shares-emotional-moment-with-mother-wife-children-after-leading-argentina-to-fifa-world-cup-glory-101671428768524.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hindustan Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/IFJ20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Republic World<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221219043406\/https:\/\/www.timesnownews.com\/sports\/football\/watch-lionel-messi-hugs-his-mother-to-celebrate-argentinas-fifa-world-cup-2022-final-win-over-france-article-96326512\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Times Now<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221221071755\/https:\/\/www.thestatesman.com\/sports\/dream-comes-true-emotional-messi-hugs-mother-1503139397.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Statesman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221219040428\/https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/sports\/football\/messi-mother-share-emotional-moment-after-argentina-win-world-cup-8331702\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indian Express<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/HT2Dz\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NDTV<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/L91Ti\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Quint Hindi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> ran the image with the accompanying claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-140595 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure 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https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/1-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/1-768x896.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-fifa-world-cup-2022-messi-hugged-his-mother-after-final\/2-131\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1144\" height=\"1158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/2.jpg 1144w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/2-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/2-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/2-768x777.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1144px) 100vw, 1144px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><b>Fact Check<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News performed a keyword search which led us to a report by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/20815000\/messi-hug-woman-world-cup-final-argentina-chef\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Sun<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It identified the crying woman sharing the emotional moment with Lionel Messi as Antonia Farias, the chef for Argentina\u2019s national football team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im2.ezgif.com\/tmp\/ezgif-2-7bcb3035be.jpg\" alt=\"[webp-to-jpg output image]\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roy Nemer, who reports on the Argentina national team, tweeted that Messi was hugging Antonia Farias, the head cook of the Argentina national team.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lionel Messi hugging Antonia Far\u00edas, the head cook of the Argentina national team.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zl87mXBdGI\">pic.twitter.com\/Zl87mXBdGI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyNemer\/status\/1605414892307185664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Argentinian sports news outlet Varsky Sports also clarified in a tweet that the woman seen in the video was not Messi&#8217;s mother, but Antonia Farias, the chef for the country\u2019s football team.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">En un momento todos pensamos que era la mam\u00e1 de Lionel. Es Antonia Far\u00edas, la cocinera que est\u00e1 en el coraz\u00f3n de los jugadores de la Selecci\u00f3n por sus milanesas. Recomendamos la lectura de este hilo. Para la historia. \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udf73 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GTPBbCxVfD\">https:\/\/t.co\/GTPBbCxVfD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VarskySports (@VarskySports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VarskySports\/status\/1605274065446510644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News also performed a search on Facebook to find Antonia Farias, the woman in the video. There are several pictures of her on her Facebook profile. We compared the tattoo on her arm <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=4878547015498785&amp;amp;set=a.113455412007993&amp;amp;type=3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">seen in one of these pictures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with a frame from the viral video. As shown in the side-by-side comparison below, it is clear that both the tattoos are identical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im2.ezgif.com\/tmp\/ezgif-2-c64907de3b.jpg\" alt=\"[webp-to-jpg output image]\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum it up, several social media users and media outlets wrongly identified the woman embracing Lionel Messi after their World Cup win as the player\u2019s mother. In reality, the woman is Argentinian team chef Antonia Farias.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video of Argentine football player Lionel Messi embracing a woman on the field has been making the rounds on social media recently. It has been claimed that the woman seen here is Messi&#8217;s mother. Several media outlets also carried the image with the same claim. 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