{"id":297408,"date":"2023-11-24T20:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T20:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297408"},"modified":"2023-11-24T20:24:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T20:24:55","slug":"fans-left-baffled-as-lionel-messis-bodyguard-appears-out-of-thin-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/fans-left-baffled-as-lionel-messis-bodyguard-appears-out-of-thin-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans left baffled as Lionel Messi&apos;s bodyguard appears out of thin air"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;I watched this five times and I still don&#8217;t see where he came from&#8217;: Fans are left baffled as Lionel Messi&#8217;s bodyguard\u00a0Yassine Chueko seemingly appears out of thin air in video<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lionel Messi&#8217;s bodyguard seemingly appeared out of nowhere in hilarious video\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fans were waiting to meet Messi and\u00a0Yassine Chueko suddenly appeared in shot<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off: Jack Grealish has lost his zip&#8230; we need him to get it back\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A video showing Lionel Messi&#8217;s bodyguard seemingly appearing out of thin air has left football fans baffled.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows a group of young fans waiting to meet Messi but the Inter Miami star&#8217;s bodyguard suddenly appears right behind him despite having not previously been in shot.<\/p>\n<p>Messi&#8217;s bodyguard, Yassine Chueko, is a trained MMA fighter and former Navy Seal.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip Chueko makes sure that the children line up so that they can have a picture taken with Messi.<\/p>\n<p>Fans on social media were taken aback by Chueko&#8217;s sudden appearance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78207519-12788179-A_group_of_fans_waited_to_meet_Lionel_Messi_with_the_player_s_bo-a-55_1700849080909.jpg\" height=\"1057\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A group of fans waited to meet Lionel Messi, with the player&#8217;s bodyguard not in shot<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78207507-12788179-All_of_a_sudden_Messi_s_bodyguard_Yassine_Chueko_appears_seeming-a-56_1700849239561.jpg\" height=\"826\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>All of a sudden Messi&#8217;s bodyguard\u00a0Yassine Chueko appears, seemingly out of thin air<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78207509-12788179-Chueko_ensured_that_the_children_lined_up_in_an_orderly_fashion_-a-57_1700849251570.jpg\" height=\"654\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chueko ensured that the children lined up in an orderly fashion so they could meet Messi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78207517-12788179-Inter_Miami_and_Argentina_star_Messi_was_happy_to_pose_for_pictu-a-58_1700849271244.jpg\" height=\"605\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Inter Miami and Argentina star Messi was happy to pose for pictures with the children<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>One wrote: &#8216;This man has more defensive mechanisms than the whole Chelsea backline&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8216;This guy\u2019s work rate is insane&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, another wrote: &#8216;I watched this 5 times and I still don\u2019t see where he came from&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78208733-12788179-image-a-10_1700851258144.jpg\" height=\"119\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78208649-12788179-image-a-11_1700851262023.jpg\" height=\"243\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78208737-12788179-image-a-12_1700851273260.jpg\" height=\"140\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Another fan stated that it looked like Chueko had teleported. They wrote: &#8216;Looks like he literally teleported. Was no where in the frame earlier&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, another user added that Chueko is the &#8216;Greatest Bodyguard of all time&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another user wrote that Chueko &#8216;spawned out of Ajax&#8217;s league position&#8217; in reference to the fact that the Dutch side are currently 12th in the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78208647-12788179-image-a-7_1700851219390.jpg\" height=\"142\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78208699-12788179-image-a-9_1700851230932.jpg\" height=\"221\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78208675-12788179-image-a-8_1700851224044.jpg\" height=\"183\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/18\/78208001-12788179-image-a-59_1700849342228.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Chueko has received a lot of media attention since he became Messi&#8217;s bodyguard<\/p>\n<p>Chueko, who was personally selected by Inter Miami president David Beckham, has received much attention from the media in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>He was even seen with Messi\u00a0when the Argentina star was relaxing with his wife Antonella Roccuzzo in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Last month a young fan sprinted onto the pitch to try and get Messi&#8217;s autograph after a defeat to Cincinnati. Chueko stopped the young boy and then put his arm around him and led him over to Messi, who posed for a photograph and signed an autograph.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12788179\/I-watched-five-times-dont-came-Fans-left-baffled-Lionel-Messis-bodyguard-Yassine-Chueko-seemingly-appears-air-video.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;I watched this five times and I still don&#8217;t see where he came from&#8217;: Fans are left baffled as Lionel Messi&#8217;s bodyguard\u00a0Yassine Chueko seemingly appears out of thin air in video Lionel Messi&#8217;s bodyguard seemingly appeared out of nowhere in hilarious video\u00a0 Fans were waiting to meet Messi and\u00a0Yassine Chueko suddenly appeared in shot It&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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