Overview

• Lionel Messi attended the stage production Rocky at the Lola Membrives to watch his friend Nicolás Vázquez perform.
• After the show, Vázquez invited him on stage, where Messi thanked the audience, praised the performance and said he had promised to come.
• Crowds lined Calle Corrientes and chanted as he exited, with security using barriers to manage his entry and departure.
• According to local entertainment press reports, roughly 1,000 people inside the theater did not know he was in the audience.
• He is in Argentina preparing for Thursday’s 2026 World Cup qualifier at the Monumental, and he left the venue alongside Vázquez after sharing a brief hug.