After Argentina’s 2026 World Cup quarter-final win, Lionel Messi meets Italian football legend Roberto Baggio and presents him with an Argentina shirt. Both outlets report that Messi is photographed alongside Baggio soon after the match and that the shirt is match-worn, indicating it comes from the quarter-final itself. The reports describe the gesture as a sign of mutual respect between two famed “No. 10” playmakers from different eras—Messi of Argentina and Baggio of Italy. The shirt exchange is framed as happening immediately following the quarter-final result, with no additional details provided about Baggio’s presence beyond the meeting and the gift. Neither account suggests any other context, ceremony, or subsequent comments beyond the photograph and the description that Messi hands over the match-worn kit. The reports therefore focus on a post-match meeting and a symbolic gift between widely recognized attacking midfield/forward figures.