He furor generated by the arrival of Lionel Messi Inter Miami is without precedent, the Argentine has generated an impact both in the South Florida city with murals and reception, as well as in ticket sales. Which only last a few minutes before running out.
Most of these impacts generated by the world champion in 2022 have been positive, however the anecdote of an employee who He lost his job for chasing Messi for an autograph.
This is Cristian Salamanca, a Colombian who has lived in the city of Miami for just over a year and work for a company that provides cleaning services. On this occasion, Cristian had to work at DRV PNK Stadium during the match between Inter Miami and Orlando City for the Leagues Cup, which ended up winning the local team with a score of 3-1.
So far everything normal, one more day of work for Cristian. However, the curious thing came when the Colombian saw the Argentine arrive at the stadium on the team bus. It was there when Cristian’s attitude towards the athlete would end up costing him his job.
According to what Salamanca himself told for the Argentine channel The nation the anecdote began with him cleaning the toilets in the parking lot. “I had to clean the bathrooms in the sector where the buses were parked. Fortunately I was outside when the bus arrived and all the players got off. The last one was Messi. I just had to yell ‘hey, world champion, champion!’, and he turned to look at me“, Cristian began his story of how he met the Argentine star.
“I lifted my uniform shirt and I had the shirt of the Argentine team and a down, he gave me his autograph”explained the stadium employee.
However, this action would cost the young Colombian his job, which was just his first day. “Security came right away, they took me out and fired me from my jobbut it was worth every second ”, Salamanca finished recounting.
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