What is the 'tail', the cloak Messi wore before lifting the World Cup?

2022-12-19 17:19:32Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
What is the 'tail', the cloak Messi wore before lifting the World Cup?
What is the 'tail', the cloak Messi wore before lifting the World Cup

Imagine Lionel Messi, grandfather, after 50 years, still excited as he shows the photo album to his grandchildren. Perhaps the youngest will see Grandpa Leo lifting the World Cup in Qatar 2022 with Argentina.

And he will ask him: "Grandpa, why are you wearing pajamas at the World Cup?" Lionel Messi will most likely laugh and think back to December 18, 2022. And why did Emir Al Thani put that garment more or less like a cloak on his body?

In the Arabic language it is called "bisht", a traditional garment for men in the countries of the Persian Gulf. It is part of the 'abaya', an element of clothing that characterizes prominent people in wealthy Qatar.

At the moment of awarding the trophy to Argentina, Emir Al Thani approached Messi and asked him to wear the 'tail' in front of Infantino's eyes.

This moment did not go unnoticed by the spectators. Is it the next attempt of the emirs to "catarize" football? Or did he want to symbolically show the opposite, that the ball belongs to every corner of the globe, by dressing Messi in traditional Arab clothing?



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