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Messi gifts customized gold iPhones to Argentine teammates,staff
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Vida Essel-LampteyArgentine professional footballer and Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Andrés Messi has purchased customized gold designed iPhone for his Argentine teammates and coaching staff following their World Cup victory in Qatar last year.
The 35 devices said to cost a whopping £175,000 was designed by United Kingdom’s luxury personalized smartphone devices designers, IDESIGN GOLD.
The gold plated IPhone 14 has the inscriptions, Messi 10, World Cup 2022 and the name of the manufacturers.
Sharing pictures of the devices in an Instagram post sighted by GhanaPlus.com, IDESIGN GOLD said “It was an honour to deliver 35 gold iphone 14 to @leomessi for his team mates & staff as a gift for winning the world cup final”.
Argentina thrashes France on penalties to win 2022 World Cup
Messi on December 18, 2022 led the La albicelestein( The White and Sky Blue) of Argentina to thrash defending champions, France on penalties to win the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup.
A 23 mins penalty scored by him and a 36mins goal by Di María put the Argentine team ahead of their competitors in the first half.
However, a stunning performance from France during the second half saw its forward, Kylian Mbappé Lottin put two behind the Argentine goalie within a time frame of one minutes apart, that is 80 and 81minues respectively, to equalize.
Messi added a 108 minutes goal put Argentina in 3-2 lead but was equalized by Mbappe in the 118 minutes of the game through a penalty.
The match ended 3-3 on full time and extra time sending the teams on penalties.
However, two penalty saves by the Argentine goalie, Damián Emiliano Martínez and one missed out by France secured Argentina’s victory cashing France out of their dream of wining the World Cup back to back.
Argentina in World Cup History
The dramatic win bring to three, the number of times Argentina has won the World Cup and 36years since it last own in 1986.
Argentina first won it in 1978.
Messi’s outstanding performance at the tournament earned him the Golden Ball award for the player of the tournament and 2022 FIFA Best Men Player some few days ago.
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