Sports Center / Reported by Xu Zhichao
▲ Messi’s photo holding the Hercules Cup has been liked by more than 70 million people. (Image / Reposted from Messi Facebook)
Under the leadership of Lionel Messi, the Argentine team successfully won the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. A series of photos of Messi holding the “Hercules Cup” received more than 70 million likes. . In this regard, photographer Shaun Botterill (Shaun Botterill) who took this photo also restored the current situation, frankly saying: “The current feeling is strange and a little unreal. I’m really lucky!”
According to “CNN” report, Getty Images photographer Bartry said that the World Cup final photographers made a plan to have one of the photographers stand in front of the billboard in the main grandstand, and this game also attracted a large number of argentinian football fans watching the ball.
Batterie pointed out that after Messi presented the award, he first went to accompany his family, and then started walking towards the fans, and then all the photographers ran towards the goal. , to be honest, photographers have to be a little lucky, and I was lucky that night.”
▲ Messi won the Hercules Cup as he wished, and this photo was captured by the photographer. (Image / Reposted from Messi Facebook)
“Bartry recalled that Messi was right in front of him, and he wasn’t rejected, and then he started taking turns grabbing the trophy with both hands. I don’t know how crazy the scene will be.” Butteri was very close to Messi at the time the distance did not exceed 2 meters.
Buttery said frankly: “It’s a very strange feeling, a bit unreal, you just think of God, he just happened to be in the ideal position in my heart, this kind of thing doesn’t happen often. From the way he held the trophy and smiled Look, he sure had a lot of fun with the fans.”
Indeed, Bartry is a veteran photographer who has worked as a secondary photographer since the 1986 World Cup, but this experience still seems unreal to him: “That scene is shocking, isn’t it? There are smiles and joy and trophies. It seems a bit confusing.” .
