On January 2, Paris Saint-Germain officially announced that Messi and 4 other players had tested positive for the new crown virus.
As soon as the news came out, the world football world was shaken. Messi, who had planned to return to Paris on Jan. 1, had to stay in Rosario, Argentina, for home isolation and health monitoring.
A day before Christmas, Messi left Paris to fly back to Rosario with the whole family. Messi has had a great time in Rosario this past week – especially on December 26 last year, when Messi invited a large number of friends and family, as well as the famous "Palm Trees" band, to a grand music party.
There are many indications that Messi is most likely infected with the virus in Rosario.
Messi and his wife at a party.
DJ becomes "number one suspect"
So who exactly passed the virus on Messi? On social platforms, netizens began reasoning and searching, and a DJ named Fernando Palacio became the "number one suspect".
Argentina's Tyc Sport has sorted out the timeline for this: on December 20 last year, Palacio attended an awards ceremony called the Coscu Army. After the awards were awarded, the organizers confirmed that several of the guests present (without specific information) tested positive for the virus.
A few days later, Messi threw a Christmas party, Palacio was invited, and the DJ took a photo with Messi.
At the moment, on the social platform, Palacio was insulted by netizens, and he had to prove his innocence - Palacio posted a video on the social platform and posted his test report: negative.
Argentina's TyC Sports noted that Messi may have tested positive after Christmas, so he didn't post photo feeds on New Year's Day.
At the party scene, no one wore a mask.
Messi's confirmed "timeline"
Subsequently, the Ole newspaper used 10 questions to interpret all aspects of Messi's infection with the new crown virus:
Back at Rosario, Messi was with his wife, children, parents, brother, and uncle.
He attended his nephew Tommy's 19th birthday party on the 25th, which the band and DJ Palacio were invited to.
Messi didn't know when he was infected, and his personal doctor thought the likelihood of getting infected on the 25th was low because the party was held outdoors and most of the guests who attended were tested for the virus.
On December 28 and 29 last year, Messi was tested. There is uncertainty about the test results, which means that Messi may be infected with the new crown virus. Since then, Messi has not attended any social events and has begun to quarantine.
Messi's wife, Antonella, posted a family portrait and a photo with Messi on social networks on the 27th last year, but since the 28th of last year, Messi has not released a photo with her family.
On December 31 last year, when Messi posted on social networks, he used the same image he had taken before, when he already knew he was infected with the new crown virus.
After contracting the coronavirus, Messi initially developed symptoms, which made him very uncomfortable, including physical pain, but also some symptoms similar to colds.
However, over time, Messi's symptoms gradually disappeared. So far, Messi has received three doses of the vaccine, which is the key to his symptoms are not obvious.
Messi will miss several rounds of Ligue 1.
In the future, when will it comeback?
As for when Messi will come back, according to Robin Bairner, Messi may not make a comeback until January 20.
During this period, Paris had 1 French Cup and 2 Ligue 1 games against Vannes, Lyon and Brest. The judgment of the Argentine media "Ole" is two.
At the same time as Messi was confirmed, according to Cruzeiro's official news, the club's largest shareholder, Brazilian legend Ronaldo, was also infected with the new crown virus, and he is currently in good health and has been quarantined.
It is worth mentioning that the epidemic in South America and Argentina is now very serious, and the latest data on January 1 shows that 47,663 new confirmed cases were added in one day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has exceeded 5.67 million.
In this case, Messi did not pay attention to epidemic prevention, did not protect himself, and eventually did not survive the new crown virus - because from the many exposed event photos, messi and Antonella did not wear masks in those many people's gatherings, but they were in close contact with others and took photos.
Source: The Paper