Messi apologises to fellow Argentine footballer after snap for not recognising him
Posted Friday, November 10, 2017 by Marca.com
Lionel Messi has apologised to fellow Argentine Sebastian Driussi of FC Zenit after not recognising him when they had a photo taken together.
The Argentina squad are in Russia to play friendly matches and the incident took place at a hotel in Moscow.
"I feel bad about it because I did not recognise him, even though I know him," said Messi.
"When he asked for a photo I thought it was one of the guys who are always waiting for a photo and I apologised after."
The Argentina captain made amends when he saw that Driussi had uploaded the image on Instagram, and he sent him a message.
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