Unusual: they confused Messi with his impersonator on French TV and the networks were full of memes

Lionel Messi Y Roger Federer They are two among many elite athletes who decided to make donations to fight the spread of the Covid-19 virus. That gesture transformed them into news around the planet in the midst of the pandemic and from the french television they decided to tell what was done by world idols. However, they made an unusual mistake …

The presenter of the news of the French channel M6 she took charge of narrating the novelty while the imposing scenery accompanied her with the images of the Argentine and the Swiss. There were not a few followers who began to replicate the unusual error on social networks: they put the photo of the Iranian impersonator of Messi who became famous some years ago for his incredible resemblance. An amazing physical similarity but that hardly lends itself to confusion when choosing the true Messi.

"Solidarity ground, athletes are mobilizing to make donations", indicated the graph that accompanied the failure, which quickly became a mockery for French fans who were watching television. "Small precision: this is not Lionel Messi, it is his double," said one of the many network viewers along with a screenshot of the program called Le1245. "Eu, M6, how can I tell you that it is not Messi's double that donates 1 million euros?" Joked another.

At the end of the day, what they wanted to highlight on one of the channels with the largest audience on French television was the donation of a million euros that Messi It will carry out to help the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and another medical center in Argentina with the idea of ​​collaborating in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Swiss tennis player announced a similar solidarity action: he will deliver one million Swiss francs with the aim of assisting the "most vulnerable families in Switzerland". Gestures of the same characteristics will be made by other sports stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, among others.

The face that went around the world is that of Riza Parstish, a character who became world famous a few years ago for its similarity to the flea so much so that photos are taken with the followers of the Barcelona captain and the Argentine team.

After what happened in the French shipment, the networks were filled with memes with the subject and images of false Cristiano Ronaldo, Ángel Di María, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Luis Suárez and Neymar were published.