A few minutes had passed since Lionel Messi once again lifted the World Cup.
An albiceleste tide dispersed through the streets of Núñez ecstatic by the historic celebration of the conquest in Qatar when a photo that revolutionized River fans
went viral on social networks
.
Messi, dressed in the team's shirt and shorts but barefoot,
smilingly holds up River's ten
that has his name printed on it and Marcelo Gallardo, the most winning coach in the history of the Núñez club, also smiles with him, who arrived at the locker room of the Monumental to greet him.
It had barely passed midnight and that image immediately went viral and made River fans delirious.
"
The perfect photo exists
," River titled on his social networks when posting the photo.
It is not the first millionaire shirt that Messi has received.
In 2015, when he thrashed River with Barcelona in the Club World Cup final, the props gave him one and the man from Rosario was photographed with it on his shoulders.
Messi poses with Pichi Quiroga, River's prop man.
The link of the best soccer player in the world with the Núñez club dates back to the Rosario's childhood, when before embarking for Barcelona he tried it out and stayed in River but gave up signing because the club did not take care of the treatment he needed to help their physical growth.
Messi also posed with the River shirt and the club's president, Jorge Brito.
Another of those honored by the club was the coach Lionel Scaloni and again it was Marcelo Gallardo who was smiling holding the River shirt with him.
The creator of 'la escaloneta' was given a shirt with the number 18 on the back, alluding to the number that the Albiceleste coach wore with the U-20 team that won the 1997 World Cup in Malaysia at the hands of José Pekerman.
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