The start of the second half of the semifinal matchup between Argentina and the United States was briefly delayed because a fan ran on the pitch. It turns out he wanted to meet Lionel Messi.
Fan tweets and executes plan to run on the pitch to hug Lionel Messi
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#USAvARG #VamosArgentina here is the video of the crazy fan running in the field to hug #Messi #stupid #dangerous pic.twitter.com/9OB7yFitYh
— MiamiSun (@jperezmiami) June 22, 2016
He got an autograph and two hugs from the best player in the world. That’s pretty successful as far as pitch invaders go, even if he didn’t get a selfie like this fan did with Ronaldo.
The fan was eventually wrangled by security, but not before he got his Twitter handle some shine.
WHEN YOU MEET THE GOD OF FOOTBALL pic.twitter.com/4gRamgIUD6
— Leo Messi (@messi10stats) June 22, 2016
Prior to running on the pitch and likely getting arrested, he took some time to live tweet the process.
It's going to be second half. That's where it's all going to go down! #argvsusa
— Michael Soto (@sotom096) June 21, 2016
The nerves are hitting me but I have to pull through #argvsusa
— Michael Soto (@sotom096) June 21, 2016
It's a lot harder than I expected
— Michael Soto (@sotom096) June 22, 2016
He even had a friend record a live periscope of it happening.
LIVE on #Periscope https://t.co/X5rROsvGWZ
— Michael Soto (@sotom096) June 22, 2016
