Last Tuesday
, Gastón Recondo
appeared on the Sportia (TyC Sports) newscast with a playful change of look: the journalist wore a bushy mustache, for which he became a trend on Twitter for several hours.
The TyC Sports driver drew the attention of social networks for his appearance and users of the 2.0 world expressed themselves with ridicule and even compared him to the character of The Simpsons Ned Flanders;
with Krillin, in his version of Dragon Ball GT, with Mario Bros and even with Fernando Niembro himself.
"If you are going to laugh at my mustache, laugh now,
" Gastón told the panelists of the sports program jokingly and understanding that he was going to receive money for the resounding change in appearance.
The truth is that after a while, he explained the reason for his new appearance and everything was quickly understood by the sports environment, because the journalist fulfilled a promise, of the many that were made, for the world championship obtained by the Argentine National Team in the World Cup. of Qatar 2022.
"If we come out world champions, I'll leave my mustache throughout February"
, would have been the phrase of Recondo prior to the successful World Cup path carried out by Lionel Messi y Cía.
Gastón Recondo grew his mustache for a promise he made.
And since the soccer field is a great believer in promises, cabals and rituals, Recondo's gesture was immediately understood and was supported by the rest of his teammates.
Or well, almost all.
"He's done, he understood himself. It's not necessary," Guido Bercovich's partner told him.
In turn, the journalist revealed the reaction of his children when he saw him with the prominent mustache: "
At home he did not like it. The thing is that in October, before traveling to the World Cup, he promised anything to become champion.
Now that the date has approached, well...we have to comply."
For his part, Recondo revealed how long he will have to wear that look: "
I know that they will be looking for similarities throughout February, but the promises are to be kept."
Indeed, his colleagues did not take long to compare him with Mario Bros. "I'm Mario, look," said Gastón, laughing, while they compared an image of him with the historical video game character from production.
The memes for Gastón Recondo's change of look
On social networks, there were many users who reacted with humor to Gastón Recondo's new look: "I looked at Recondo for 10 minutes and it made me want to invade Poland," wrote a user as a joke.
Another in the same vein added: "Recondo now only lacks the green falcon."
Memes and uploaded on social networks for Gastón Recondo's change of look.
"Recondo completed his transition to Commissioner Inspector," added a tweeter.
"Recondo became Niembro so gradually that I didn't realize it," said one boy, who compared him to the sportswriter.
Memes and uploaded on social networks for Gastón Recondo's change of look.
Meanwhile, a young man recalled a historic episode of Argentine television in which the journalist was present: "To think that in a bet it was Recondo who made Jorge Guinzburg have to shave his iconic mustache live. And on top of that his profile picture on Twitter it's just that day".
Memes and uploaded on social networks for Gastón Recondo's change of look.
Meanwhile, a user endorsed the sports journalist's change of look: "Strong bank to Recondo, you have to use the classic mustache again, not criminalize it. I used it for a few weeks and little else they treated me as a murderer and torturer. Aesthetically it is superior ".
Memes and uploaded on social networks for Gastón Recondo's change of look.
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