Macaya Márquez showed up to his 18th World Cup and asked the lineup question everyone wanted answered. Scaloni made an exception: Messi would start on the bench against Jordan. 12

That is the joke: one question, admin privileges. The source video from Sudanalytics passed 1.6M views, while Romano's English-language post passed 2.2M views. 13

ANI also reported Scaloni's tribute to the 91-year-old journalist, the opening press-conference question, and the hug/photo moment after the exchange. 4