The frenzy of Argentinean fans after the victory of their players in Qatar also continues in the hometown of Lionel Messi, the city of Rosario, which has millions of people.
For example, tattoo shops are busy there now and have no time to process orders. Thousands of Argentines want to get tattoos of Messi and other players of the star team or various symbols associated with the championship on their bodies. The EFE news agency gave the news today.
“It’s crazy and it will take a long time… I think it will take a few months. We already had enough orders, an average of fifty consultations a day, now we have more than three hundred. We just can’t keep up,” described Maximiliano Carreras of the Orbe tattoo studio of the Rosario Center. According to him, the greatest interest in Messi’s image is how kisses World Cup However, the Argentines also want to tattoo coach Lionel Scaloni, goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez and Ángel Di María, who was also born in Rosario.
Some have simpler requirements, such as a symbolic date or Messi’s name. “We also have requests to perpetuate the message: what are you looking at, idiot!” Carreras said, referring to Messi’s line after the heated quarter-final with the Netherlands, which the Argentine captain addressed to opposing striker Wout Weghorst for his numerous fielding attacks. This Messi declaration it has already been used, for example, by an Argentine winery, which has printed it on the label wine.
“It’s her first tattoo, we made an appointment a month and a half ago and she initially wanted a cat. But with our championship win, she changed her mind,” Luciana Diezová, who came to the salon with her son Jerónimo, told EFE extension. He will soon be celebrating his 18th birthday and he just got a tattoo of Messi kissing the European Cup on his leg. Messi also has a thing for tattoos, na veal it has several.
Another salon in Rosario is experiencing a similar tattoo boom. “We have up to four times more orders for photos of Messi, Diba Martínez or the cup and other things related to the championship in Qatar,” the owner of the Slave Tattoo salon quoted EFE. According to him, there is still interest in the tattoo of the legendary Diego Maradona, who died the year before and who led Argentina to the world title in 1986.
