adminWORLD CUP-WINNING captain Lionel Messi came close to being knocked off the back of an open top bus moments after returning to Argentina.
Messi and four team-mates, including Leandro Paredes and Angel Di Maria, ducked under an overhead power cable with seconds to spare as they headed to the Argentine Football Association’s training ground.
Footage of their near-miss with the cable showed Atletico Madrid midfielder Rodrigo de Paul spotting it at the last-minute and alerting his team-mates as he ducked down just in time.
On-loan Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Paredes was perched on the edge of the top deck of the bus but managed to keep his balance despite having to squirm away as it was almost on top of him.
He ducked down just in time but lost his baseball cap when the cable hit the top of his head and knocked it off.
Messi, clutching the World Cup from his high-up position in the middle of the group of five Argentinian players, took the scare in his stride and could be seen laughing off the shock.
An Argentinian journalist commenting on the scare said: “Paredes has just lost his cap. What a moment. Be careful boys.” – The Sun.
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