A picture of Lionel Messi regarding his jersey is getting viral on social media sites. Social media users are sharing a picture of Messi with his PSG white jersey and the face picture of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the jersey of Messi and claiming that Messi wears a jersey with PM Modi’s imprint.
Sharing this picture a social media user @ponedo_aankh captioned: “ Messi wears a jersey with PM Modi’s imprint. Power of 56 inches.
Source: Twitter
Another social media user shared a similar claim-
Source: Facebook
Fact Check:
To know the reality of the viral video the team of DFRAC did a reverse image search and find the image source. The team found a report of the PSG talk which was uploaded on 29 October 2022. The headline of the report- “ Lionel Messi leaves everyone in Awe with a goal from outside the box vs Troyes”
We can see his white jersey with his name (Messi) and the number (30)
Source: psgtalks
The report further stated that PSG found itself down 2-1 and Messi from way outside the box fired off a shot that would beat Troye goalkeeper Gauthier gallon and level the scoring 2-2 for the French giants.
Source: gfycat
Meanwhile, Malaymail also covered this report and the headline is- “ Majestic Messi helps PSG fight back to beat Troyes.”
Source: malaymail
At the same time many other media houses have covered this news which is given here-
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Source: sports. ndtv
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Source: mid-day
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Source: Tribune
Meanwhile, there is a given collage to know the reality between the edited and real picture.
Conclusion:
It is clear from the fact check of DFRAC that the viral picture shared by social media users is edited with Narendra Modi’s face. Therefore, the claim made by social media users is edited and Fake.
