FIFA World Cup 2022: Man Who Predicted Messi Would Win Tournament Goes Viral, Leaving Netizens Amazed
- Massive celebrations and memes have trailed Argentina winning the Qatar 2022 World Cup on Sunday, 18 December
- In the same light, a man has become an internet sensation after his March 2015 prediction about Lionel Messi went viral
- The football lover in that tweet had foreseen the 35-year-old PSG star lifting the World Cup on his fifth attempt
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A man has been hailed a 'prophet' for his accurate prediction of Messi's fate regarding the World Cup that took place in Qatar.
In a tweet dated 20 March 2015, José Miguel Polanco predicted that Lionel Andres Messi would win the FIFA World Cup and become the greatest player of all time.
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While José got Messi's age wrong, he urged netizens to reflect on his tweet seven years later.
As soon as Argentina won the tournament, his tweet blew up as people rushed to seek his predictions of future events.
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See his tweet below:
Social media reactions to man predicting Messi winning FIFA World Cup
@ItsDavidJ13 said:
"Not really, he had multiple tweets, and he deleted the ones that were incorrect."
@optionkontrol added:
"This is called pure future prediction. Great man. Now you will be the next oracle of the universe."
@NasaMcmahon reacted:
"For those confused about how he got the date right, the day before he posted this, FIFA announced this specific World Cup on 19 March 2015; he then put his money on Messi to win said world cup. Great prediction, but not as weird as it seems."
@2Calico asked:
"Hey, brother, what’s the winning mega ball lottery numbers for next weekend?"
@solAU__ joked:
"The Prophet."
Nigerian man who predicted Saudi Arabia versus Argentina game goes viral
Meanwhile, Briefly News reported that a Nigerian man had gone viral for accurately predicting that Saudi Arabia would beat Argentina.
In a tweet he made hours before the game, he said:
"The biggest upset in the history of football will happen today. Saudi Arabia will beat Argentina by two goals to 1."
After the game went according to his prediction, many people flooded his comment section, hoping for more predictions.
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