Messi’s Recent Arrival in Qatar Is Not Featured in This Video
The Claim
A video shows Lionel Messi arriving for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
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A video purportedly showing Lionel Messi's arrival in Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has gone viral on social media.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the circulating video and found the claim to be misleading.
Misbar thoroughly reverse-image-searched the video and found that it was an old one.
Messi’s Prior Visit to Qatar
Qatar Living first published the original video on TikTok on May 16, 2022.
Football fans met Lionel Messi at 321 Museum, according to the video's caption.
The video features Messi and PSG players visiting the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum on May 16.
Misbar also discovered a YouTube video of Lionel Messi and Marco Verratti arriving at the museum around the same time.
The footage shows the two footballers walking away from a black van that looks very similar to the van in the viral video.
They were also dressed in the same outfit as seen in the viral video.
Furthermore, on May 16, the 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum posted a series of photos of Paris Saint-Germain players on its official Facebook page.
Messi's Abu Dhabi Arrival
Lionel Messi arrived at the Argentina national team camp in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on Monday.
Argentina played the UAE in their final warm-up match before traveling to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup.
Argentina defeated UAE by a score of 5-0.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup
The claim made the rounds ahead of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, which is set to begin on November 20.
Argentina's Group C opponents include Poland, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico.
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