Lionel Messi has once again left soccer fans wowed with his humble gesture. The Argentine star is known for his reserved but modest personality. Despite being one of the greatest soccer stars of all time, Messi has been seldom accused of acting high and mighty. A video has been circulating on the Internet recently which highlights Messi’s modest nature.
Lionel Messi sent the Chinese crowd wild a couple of days ago with his outstanding performance against Australia. The former PSG star scored a goal and often showed glimpses of his out-of-the-world dribbling and playmaking skills. Following their match against Australia, the Argentina team will fly off to Jakarta where they will play against Indonesia. However, it has been reported that Messi won’t participate in that match.
A video has emerged of a few Argentine players exiting what could be their hotel in Beijing. The video shows Lionel Messi, Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Parades, Giovanni Lo Celso, and Angel Di Maria with their luggage. In the video, Parades could be seen taking some kind of food from a plastic bag and eating it. While taking out the food, a morsel of it falls on the ground which the former Barcelona star notices.
Leo Messi knows the 5 second rule! 😉 pic.twitter.com/OYhUyAkihQ
— Leo Messi 🔟 Fan Club (@WeAreMessi) June 16, 2023
To everyone’s astonishment, the Argentine skipper proceeds to pick up the food from the floor and put it in his mouth without any hesitation. The video has left fans gushing over the fact that Messi didn’t want to waste any food. Despite boasting a net worth of over $600 million, Messi simply didn’t appear to care enough to eat something that had fallen over the floor.
Fans have a field day reacting to Lionel Messi’s humble nature
The video, which was posted by @WeAreMessi, has gathered almost 150,000 views on Twitter. The video has also accumulated hundreds of reactions from fans. Many fans have been also left perplexed by the video’s caption, which reads, “Leo Messi knows the 5-second rule!“
Here are some hilarious reactions from fans on Twitter:
Hmmm. So Aliens do behave like us
— Satheesh Raj (@satheeshraj88) June 16, 2023
what’s 5 sec rule?
— Yashwanth (@yashwanth7373) June 16, 2023
What l love about Messi is, he doesn’t see himself above everyone.
— Yuri (@nana_amprofi) June 16, 2023
He looked at the camera but the time was running away i guess 😂
— 1 Idiot! (@psilovefood) June 16, 2023
looked at the camera to check if someone saw and still picked it up😭😭
— Harshit (@harshitk2824) June 16, 2023
For those fans who are still confused about what the caption meant, we have the answer for you. There’s a generally understood yet controversial hygiene myth about food that has been briefly lying on the floor. The ‘Five-Second Rule’ states that food that has not been on the floor for more than 5 seconds is considered safe for consumption.
While it has been not scientifically proven, many people think that the ‘Five-Second Rule’ is true. Similarly, the video states that Messi knows the rule and hence he immediately picked up the food from the floor and proceeded to eat it.