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98-year-old woman proposes to Messi
The incident took place in Dhaka during the Independence Cup. A placard held by a young woman in the gallery of the current National Stadium during the Pakistan match sparked quite a stir at the time. ‘Afridi please marry me’ was the content of the placard.
98-year-old woman proposes to Messi
This is nothing new in sports. Such incidents have happened before and after the call made by a fan to Shaheed Afridi during the Independence Cup in 1998. Now, it is a lot like dal-bhat. No one may be as excited as before when someone calls on their favorite star player. But what happened to Lionel Messi has gone viral on social media.
Inter Miami reached the last 16 of the Club World Cup after drawing 2-2 with Palmeiras at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on the morning of Bangladesh time. In this match, a 98-year-old woman in the gallery proposed marriage to Messi with a placard. She wrote on the placard, ‘Messi will you marry me?’ Messi was on the field during the break of the match. At that time, the old woman raised the placard to the Miami star from the gallery and called him and also talked about marriage. The Argentine legend also showed a positive thumbs up from a distance with a sweet smile and gestured for him to take down the placard.
According to the media, the name of the 98-year-old woman is Pauline Cana. This sports-loving female social media personality from the United States. She is seen in the videos of her grandson Ross Smith at major sporting events.
A social media influencer, Pauline is also seen participating in all her funny TikTok videos. Ross Smith has 23 million followers on TikTok. Many people call Pauline ‘Granny Smith’ on social media. The two have also been seen participating in videos at NFL and WWE matches.
