Wherever Lionel Messi goes, fans follow. That was literally the case as the Argentine forward went to eat at a restaurant.
Football superstar Lionel Messi — long regarded as a national hero in Argentina — was having dinner with his family when, all of a sudden, fans caught wind of where exactly they were eating.
In the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, a crowd of people suddenly formed with their arms up and phone cameras hoisted in the air outside the Don Julio restaurant. According to reports, Messi was with his wife Antonela Roccuzzo and their kids. They were having steak for dinner but had to stop eating because of the mayhem that had broken out nearby.
Lionel Messi leaving the restaurant. Rock star. Via @M30Xtra.pic.twitter.com/sxHStBX1kQ
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Messi, who led the Argentine team to a historic World Cup victory in December, also drew a legion of fans when he and his team first flew home to celebrate the win. They were supposed to go around town on a motorcade, allowing the people to catch a glimpse of their football heroes, but the team had to switch to a helicopter. The victory parade ended abruptly as there was no way the open-top bus could move through the six million people lining the route.
Lionel Messi being mobbed after leaving a restaurant in Argentina. Via @AndresLacouture. ????pic.twitter.com/wi6A0zQG8u
— Roy Nemer (@RoyNemer) March 21, 2023
A team of officers had to escort Messi and his family out of the restaurant and through the huge crowd of people. They literally had to squeeze through the hundreds of ecstatic fans whose arms and hands were all reaching for the PSG star.
