Borja Iglesias was calmly returning to the hotel after having lunch with his partner. Day off, 2026 World Cup, everything perfect. Until he reached the hotel door and the security guard looked at him as if he were just another stranger trying to sneak in.
The exchange was one for the ages: “Do you have a pass or are you a player?”. Borja replied that yes, he was a player for the Spain national team. “What’s your name?”, the guard insisted.
The 33-year-old Celta de Vigo forward, called up to the World Cup by Luis de la Fuente, had to take out his phone and call members of the Spanish delegation so they could come down and confirm in person that he really was a player.
The video was captured by El Chiringuito and within hours it was already trending on social media. That same day, Lamine Yamal also got people talking when he returned to the hotel just five minutes before dinner time.
You can watch the video here: