{"id":162371,"date":"2022-12-19T16:26:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lionel-messi-wears-bisht-during-world-cup-trophy-lift\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T16:26:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:26:06","slug":"lionel-messi-wears-bisht-during-world-cup-trophy-lift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lionel-messi-wears-bisht-during-world-cup-trophy-lift\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi wears bisht during World Cup trophy lift"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \n After 28 days, 64 games and 172 goals at Qatar 2022, Lionel Messi walked up on the podium at Lusail Stadium to finally get his hands on the World Cup trophy that had eluded him throughout his career.\n <\/p>\n \n Before joining his teammates, who were waiting for their captain in a hive of excitement on a nearby stage, Messi first shook hands with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.\n <\/p>\n \n Tamim then placed a black and gold bisht \u2013 a traditional item of clothing worn in the region for special events and celebrations \u2013 on the Argentina captain before the 35-year-old was handed the trophy.\n <\/p>\n \n In his new attire, which covered his national pale blue and white jersey, Messi danced towards his teammates before lifting the trophy above his head.\n <\/p>\n \n It was, for some, the perfect ending to a tournament that has been viewed by many as the best World Cup ever.\n <\/p>\n \n However, for others, it ruined the moment.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cSeems a shame in a way that they’ve covered up Messi in his Argentina shirt,\u201d said former England international and presenter Gary Lineker on BBC’s live coverage of the final.\n <\/p>\n \n To others, it was one last attempt for Qatar to stamp its mark on the tournament \u2013 \u200b\u200ba criticism of the \u201csportswashing\u201d (where critics criticized Qatar of using the occasion to paper over its human rights record) that has underpinned much of the coverage of the tournament.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cSomething a little strange about Messi being dressed in Bisht, that black cloak that the emir of Qatar dressed him in before lifting the World Cup,\u201d New York Times journalist Tariq Panja tweeted<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cQatar wants this to be its moment as much as it is Messi’s and Argentina’s.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
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