Argentina defeated France 4-2 in the penalty shootout in the final of the FIFA World Cup held in Qatar. Along with this, the dream of great footballer Lionel Messi to make Argentina win the World Cup was also fulfilled. As soon as Argentina became the world champion after 36 years, there was a wave of happiness among the fans. But this evening of enthusiasm and passion turned into a controversy when captain Messi was dressed in a black choga (traditional robe) at the award ceremony after the match.
When Messi reached the stage of the award ceremony after Argentina’s historic victory, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made him wear a black and gold netted robe. There has been a ruckus on social media regarding this. Some people are raising questions on this while some are writing in favor of it. People supporting this dress are calling it a symbol of respect. While critics are saying that this dress covered both Messi’s national T-shirt and that ‘magic moment’.
In fact, former footballer Gary Lineker said on BBC, ‘Argentina has won the World Cup after 1986, so beautiful pictures came from every corner of the ground. It’s a magic moment. In such a situation, it is a matter of great shame that he covered Messi’s national T-shirt with a black robe. Sitting together on this, former Argentine footballer Pablo Zebaleta said, ‘Why did this happen? There was no reason to do all this. After this, Messi took off the traditional robe of Qatar and celebrated the victory in his national team’s T-shirt. However, there has been a debate on social media regarding this.
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Sports journalist Laurie Whitewell wrote on Twitter, ‘Apparently Qatar wanted to stay in the World Cup trophy pictures, so they made Messi wear black bisht. But this made Argentina’s blue and white combination T-shirt very ugly. This moment belonged to a player, not the host.
Qatar obviously wanted to be present in the World Cup trophy pictures, hence putting that black bisht on Messi.
But just made for an weird, unnecessary look amid a sea of blue + white sporting shirts.
It should be a moment for the players, not the host. Grossly indulgent.
— Laurie Whitwell (@lauriewhitwell) December 18, 2022
James Pearce, a Liverpool FC reporter, wrote, ‘Argentina have had to wait a very long time to win the World Cup trophy and Qatar tried their best to ruin the moment. After all, why was Messi’s T-shirt covered with that black dress?’
Longest wait for a trophy lift ever and they did their best to ruin it.
Why cover up Messi’s shirt with that? Ridiculous. Glad he’s now ditched it.— James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) December 18, 2022
Senior football news reporter Matt Slater quipped on Twitter, ‘As soon as I get time, I will immediately look at the pictures of the last World Cup Ceremonies. I want to see if former FIFA president Sepp Blatter wanted to spoil the pictures in a similar way. Was any captain forced to wear the national dress of the host country? This incident was very strange. Argentina’s national T-shirt is very good.
When I get a moment, I’m going to look at old pics of previous World Cup ceremonies to see if Blatter or Havelange wanted crash the pic quite that badly. Or if any captain was forced to wear the hosts’ national dress. That was…odd. His Argentina shirt was fine.
— Matt Slater (@mjshrimper) December 18, 2022
Although some users also supported Messi to wear Bisht. One user wrote, ‘Gary Lineker could not stop himself from making lewd comments on Bisht, who was dressed to honor Messi.’ At the same time, another user wrote, ‘The World Cup took place in Qatar, which is an Arab-Gulf country. Here, to honor Messi, he was made to wear a royal bisht. Its purpose was to honor Argentina and its captain.
Gary Linekar just couldn’t help make his shady remarks about a gown that was given to Messi out of respect and honouring him. pic.twitter.com/zFcJNQTYi0
– Abu Hafsah (@AbuHafsah1) December 18, 2022
Gary Lineker is so off point in this World Cup. The World Cup is in Qatar, an Arab-Gulf country. As a mark of respect and high nobility, the royal bisht is here placed on Messi. It is intended to honour Argentina and it’s captain. As Mourinho would say: “Reeeesspect!” https://t.co/tUe52Ku894
— 𝓐𝓪𝓪𝓪 (@AdamWalkerGB) December 19, 2022
Why is bisht special?
Mustafa Baig, lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, was quoted as saying by a news agency, ‘Bisht is a traditional dress worn by the groom on the wedding day, passing out students at graduation ceremonies or to honor someone on a special occasion. goes. In such a situation, only a select few people wear Bisht. Similarly, in the award ceremony, Bisht was worn to honor Messi.
Baig also pointed out that Bisht also represents the national dress of Qatar. It can be worn only on special occasions. And it was a very special occasion, so she was dressed in this dress to honor Messi. Baig said that seeing this scene, he felt as if Messi had embraced the local culture of Qatar. This is a very good thing for Qatar.