the journalist Sofia Martinezwho rose to fame for a emotional interview with Lionel Messi during the World Cup in Qatarpointed out that prior to the appointment had problems with a partner that he wanted to take her out of the place to which they had assigned her.
As part of Women’s Day, the signal journalist ESPNtold that “a colleague” wanted to take her out of the place that the company had assigned herwhich was the post game, together with the footballers of the national team.
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“In the World Cup I had that important place or at least I had it assigned and in the previous one I know that a colleague, a colleague said ‘look, I have a relationship with Leo (Messi) ehhh, why don’t they put me in that place . Sofi doesn’t know the players. Because we don’t make the change and put me in Sofi’s place and have her go behind. I already have experience in World Cups too’”, the young woman told the program street dogs, of Radio UrbanaPlay.
The journalist, in one of the interviews she did with Messi in the mixed zone. Photo; Instagram @sofimmartinez
Martínez also indicated that this comrade did everything possible to win that position and explained that he spoke with senior managers to achieve it: “I talk to many people. He did a lot to get them to take me out and put him in”
Far from holding a grudge, the young journalist thanked the company for having banked her and for having opted for someone “unknown.”
“they banked me. I feel like it worked because they told me good things about the work I did and obviously it’s not revenge with anyone. In the end I think it is a matter of giving a chance and although many say that it is easier to bet on what is already known, this shows that it is good to bet ”, ended.
Sofía Martínez and the interview with Lionel Messi that went around the world
After the Argentine National Team beat Croatia in the World Cup semifinals, An interview by the journalist Sofía Martínez went viral as it managed to move Lionel Messi. The point is that it was not a question, but a heartfelt appreciation of everything that the Flea had given to our country, beyond any result.
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“The last thing I am going to tell you is not a question. The final of the cup is coming up and I want to tell you that, beyond the result, there is something that no one is going to take away from you: You crossed each one of the Argentines. I really mean it”, she said, while Messi looked at her tenderly, with glassy eyes.
And Sofía, who is in a relationship with the journalist Diego Leuco, deepened her idea: “There is no baby that does not have your shirt that is not the original, the trout or an imaginary one. You really marked everyone’s life and that is bigger for me than any World Cup. And no one is going to take it from you. It is a thank you for such a great moment of happiness that you made so many people live, I hope you take it in your heart ”.
Lionel Messi was moved by the message of the journalist Sofi Martínez after qualifying for the final of the World Cup in Qatar 2022.
Lionel, half shy and half surprised, listened to her and thanked her: “Beyond the fact that we all want to be champions and finish in the best way, this is an impeccable process: We arrived at the World Cup undefeated, we received a very hard blow in the first game, we got back up again and ended up reaching a final. I think this group was an example from start to finish and hopefully it will be given to us”, said Messi, visibly moved.
The interview was carried out in the mixed zone of the Lusail Stadium, after the National Team thrashed Croatia to reach the World Cup final for the sixth time in its history.
Who is the Argentine journalist Sofía Martínez
Sofía María Martínez Mateos works at ESPN and in the Public TVfor which he is covering the 2020 World Cup in Qatar. His good appearances as a journalist as well as his relationship with Diego Leuco gave him great significance to his career.
She met the journalist while working but they only began to be formally engaged in February of this year. “We started a little while ago, but suddenly you already share with friends, you share things about your life”, counted Diego Leuco recently and recognized that when he likes a person, if he doesn’t like it, it’s hard for him to get hooked and that “I already knew Sofía and I really liked his work”.
Sofi Martínez at the Lusail Stadium, where the National Team got a pass to the World Cup final. Photo; Instagram @sofimmartinez
In fact, a radio interview that he did for her to talk about his coverage of the Olympic Games was the ideal excuse to ask for her phone number. Today they do not share a roof but many dreams and projects. They even usually make videos together that they show on their social networks, in order to make them grow and be able to have sponsors.
Before the World Cup, he had said of his girlfriend that “it is the great appearance of the last year in sports journalism, the great revelation. He has his own way of telling things.”. With that own way of counting, Sofia broke it in her note with Messi: with feeling and emotion, He said what many Argentines would have wanted to say in his place.