Claim: Images of a Cameraman crying while he was covering Messi's farewell.
Fact-check: 2019 images of an Iraqi photographer crying are falsely linked to Messi's farewell from FC Barcelona - FACTLY
Verdict: the images show an iraqi photographer crying after iraq was knocked out of the afc asian cup 2019 by qatar. these images of the cameraman crying have nothing to do with lionel messi's farewell. lionel messi broke down at his final press conference as a barcelona player on 08 august 2021. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Abhishek Mandadi
Date published: 2021-08-10T14:58:09