# Omnibus World Football Thread 2020-2022 (edited) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\ **Created:** [August 16, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264 "2020-08-16T15:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1757
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1757 "2026-04-12T17:18:51Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Lovely! Cinco de copas, copa, wink, wink, very fitting! There’s lore behind it: > [@Teach me about tattoos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-tattoos/1019368/47): > > That would be cool, but I don’t know if it fits with the reason I chose that card. Legend tells that during the 2021 Copa America, in the player’s residence, they were playing a game, taking ten cards and trying to predict at least one of them. Messi chose the 5 of Cups, and won. It’s not clear if he chose that for any specific reason, but the legend soon overtook reality. Messi had played 4 finals with Argentina, and lost all 4, Copa America 2021 was the fifth one, and he won. Messi had pla… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264)._