Lucho Rodríguez arrived full of excitement. At 22 years old, the Uruguayan was leaving behind eleven months at Neom in Saudi Arabia to sign on loan with Cruzeiro, a giant club in Brazil, and he wanted to celebrate it as it deserved: with a kiss for his girlfriend in front of the photographers.
The problem was that she did not see it coming. Just as Lucho was moving closer, the young woman had already turned around to return to her place in the press room, and the forward was left there, with his lips puckered and everyone’s cameras pointed at him. He touched his head, smiled nervously, and a club executive had to come to the rescue to continue with the presentation as if nothing had happened.
The signing took a back seat. What everyone is sharing now is that exact second when Lucho was left waiting for a kiss that never came. 😂⚽
Uruguayan Lucho Rodríguez was introduced at Cruzeiro and was left hanging when he tried to kiss his girlfriend.#BrazilianFootball 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/xPkGkuj33B
— En Una Baldosa (@enunabaldosa) August 8, 2026