Argentine international Facundo Medina recently recounted a conversation he had with a car mechanic after the World Cup final on the program "Todo por la misma." The man initially didn't recognize him and insisted that the Argentine team had deliberately "thrown" the game against Spain.
Medina stated that he was just an ordinary customer at the time and was not recognized by the repairman. The repairman expressed a conspiracy theory circulating in Argentina, suggesting that the Argentine team coached by Scaloni "threatened" the final, and even called the team "traitors to the country."
It wasn't until a neighbor recognized Medina that the repairman realized the man in front of him was a player in the World Cup final.
“It was completely unexpected. He came to my shop and we didn’t recognize him at all,” the repairman recalled on the show. “We were all focused on our work. I was just chatting with him like any other customer.”
Medina revealed that his opponent later broke down in tears, and he told him, "Don't cry now, don't act like a coward. We haven't given up the game, what do you take me for? We want to win. Don't cry now."
Medina then invited the other person to hug him, and the two finally resolved the misunderstanding. "I said to him, 'Come on, give me a hug.' And then we hugged," Medina said.
Previously, Medina had also publicly responded to his mother spreading conspiracy theories such as "Argentina receives preferential treatment from FIFA." He stated that he had advised his mother not to believe these claims: "I told her, 'Do you want to be misled by these things too? Stop doing this.'"
Medina, 27, joined Marseille last summer but is now set to leave. Previous reports indicated that Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen have reached an agreement for his transfer, with the deal valued at approximately €25 million.
