Dressed in Egypt gear and standing right behind the goal, IShowSpeed shouted and gestured every time Lionel Messi approached the penalty spot. When goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir saved the shot, the American streamer could barely contain his excitement: ‘It worked, chat, it worked!’ he repeated over and over, convinced that his distractions had changed the fate of the match.
The problem came afterward. Egypt went up 2-0 with goals from Yasser Ibrahim and Mostafa Ziko, but Argentina woke up in the final stretch: Cristian Romero pulled one back, Enzo Fernández completed the comeback, and in the middle of that storm there he was, Messi, with the equalizer that brought the smile back to his national team.
Speed’s face said it all. He froze, with no shouting or celebration, only managing to let out a ‘Bro…’ while beside him his own brother, dressed in Argentina gear, celebrated wildly. Argentina ended up winning 3-2 and advanced to the quarterfinals, leaving the influencer with his distraction plan turned into the joke of the 2026 World Cup.
