The climate at San Lorenzo heated up off the field during Saturday night after forward Luciano Vietto engaged in a heated social media exchange with the sports channel ESPN. The footballer, annoyed by the attention to a photo that implicitly questioned his physical condition, responded with insults and a viral challenge. According to the Argentine News Agency (NA), the controversy ignited when the SportsCenter account posted a photo of the player warming up with the caption: 'WILL HE MAKE HIS DEBUT?' However, the image quickly went viral not for its football context but for a detail: the attacker's silhouette in a tight-fitting shirt apparently showed excess weight, sparking a wave of comments and memes among users. The furious response Instead of ignoring the criticism, Vietto took up the gauntlet and replied to the channel's tweet with an outburst that shocked his followers. 'Suck it, ESPN, tomorrow I'll post a photo in leather and you'll see!', the player posted at 23:45 on Saturday, accompanying the message with laughing emojis. The player's disclaimer, which garnered over 23,000 views in a few hours, exposed the team's sensitivity to questions about physical fitness at a time when 'Ciclón' fans are demanding immediate results from star reinforcements.
