Lionel Messi World Cup Instagram image by Northampton photographer 'luck'
Footballer Lionel Messi chose Shaun Botterill's photo of him celebrating Argentina's World Cup win for an Instagram postsaid it was "simple luck" that he caught the moment.
The footballer chose Shaun Botterill's photo of him celebrating Argentina's World Cup win as the first image in a gallery to celebrate the achievement.Mr Botterill, 55, from Northampton, said getting the shot involved "a bit of planning but an awful lot of luck".in Sunday's final in Qatar - their first World Cup triumph in 36 years.
The professional photographer, from Weston Favell, who works for Getty Images, captured the image of Messi as he sat on Sergio Aguero's shoulders holding the World Cup trophy aloft.Shaun Botterill, who works for Getty Images, was working at the final after being in Qatar for six weeks He was at the final after six weeks in Qatar, and, as Getty was contracted by Fifa, he was able to be on the pitch at the end."[Then] all of a sudden [Messi] gets up, grabs the trophy and starts walking towards the fans, and [at that point] you've kind of got to make a decision where to go, hoping that it's going to come your way.
"He ducked under the goal, because they'd ripped the net out to keep as a souvenir, and he literally appeared close [to me] about one metre away.""You've got to get yourself in the right sort of position, but there's always a bit of luck in the end," he said.
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