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.
(Reuters)
