Soccer-Argentina players' passport details leaked in security oversight


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - International Friendly - Argentina v Honduras - Kyle Field, College Station, Texas, U.S. - June 6, 2026 Argentina's Lionel Messi and Rodrigo De Paul during the warm up before the match IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Maria Lysaker/File Photo

June 10 (Reuters) - A ⁠security oversight leaked the passport details of ⁠every player in the Argentina squad ‌for Tuesday's pre-World Cup warm-up friendly against Iceland, including Lionel Messi, media reports said.

The passport numbers, listed on the ​official team sheet, should have ⁠been blurred before ⁠being released to the media and the public. But ⁠in ‌Alabama's Jordan-Hare Stadium, they were circulated without redaction.

Reuters has contacted the Argentinian ⁠Football Federation and FIFA for comment.

Argentina ​won the ‌match 3-0 in front of over 88,000 people, ⁠as ​Messi marked his return from a hamstring injury by scoring within two minutes of coming on ⁠in the second half.

Lautaro Martinez ​was fouled in the box after receiving a through-ball from Messi.

Messi calmly converted the resulting penalty ⁠to put his team 2-0 ahead and became Argentina's oldest goalscorer at the age of 38 years and 11 months, two months older ​than Angel Labruna, who had ⁠held the previous record since 1957.

Argentina will kick ​off their title defence ‌with a Group J match ​against Algeria on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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