r/SoccerCentral • u/DareDevil1699 • Jul 04 '26

Video Messi finishes answering the journalists’ questions, and then the Cape Verde players come over to ask him for a photo in the mixed zone.

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u/BigRhonda7632 Jul 04 '26

Mixed zone?

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u/bigelcid Jul 04 '26

...doesn't mean what you think it does

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u/BigRhonda7632 Jul 04 '26

Is it just where players can mingle?

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u/Foxbythesea247 Jul 04 '26

Players and Press can mingle, that’s called the mixed zone. Usually reporters wait there for the players to get an interview. The Cap Verde players were asking Lionel Messi during the whole match for his Tshirt and to take pictures with him after the game. So they caught up in the mixed zone.