TyC Sports journalist Joaquín Bruno and the photo of a lifetime | OneFootball

Argentina’s national team victory over Austria produced an image that quickly spread around the world. After scoring the second goal in the win that secured qualification for the Round of 32 of the 2026 World Cup, Lionel Messi celebrated with Joaquín Bruno, a TyC Sports journalist who was behind the goal following the action of the match.

“I’m still shaking, I’m kind of out of it. It had been a very tense, hard-fought match, and the nerves were still running high. I was keeping it all inside. And at that moment, I had been left alone behind the goal because Gastón (Edul) had gone to the mixed zone to do the post-match interviews.

Minute 95, and that play happened. First Julián Álvarez got his shot away and Schlager saved it. Messi got the rebound, and between the goalkeeper and the defense they blocked his shot. On the third try, La Pulga didn’t miss. I was there, just a few meters away, and I shouted it like a madman, like just another fan.

Then I saw Leo coming toward me. I was still shouting and he started looking at me. He came closer and high-fived me. What I feel now is something hard to explain for an Argentine football fan, for a Messi fanatic. And I’ll carry this moment and this image with me for the rest of my life: five minutes had passed and my phone was already full of messages from people sending me the photo.”

That’s how Joaquin Bruno described the moment he will never forget for the rest of his life.

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