📱 100세 틱톡 스타: 갱스터 할머니가 메시의 기록을 봤다

📱 100-year-old TikTok star: Gangster Granny saw Messi's record

What a show Lionel Messi has put on yet again. Another record for the history books. La Pulga took the World Cup scoring record from Miroslav Klose and once again showed the world why he is considered the greatest footballer of all time. 

In this debate, many fans can probably only really judge players from their own and perhaps the previous generation. How good a Pelé, a Johan Cruyff, a Franz Beckenbauer or a Diego Maradona actually were cannot necessarily be determined from a few highlight clips alone. So in the interest of fairness, you would need eyewitnesses. 

That is where superfan Pauline Kana comes in. At a proud 100 years old, she is probably one of the oldest Messi fans and once even saw a young Pelé play.

The American runs highly successful social media channels together with her grandson Ross Smith. The two originally became famous in 2013 with short comedy videos on Vine, which later grew into their major channels on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. On TikTok alone, the so-called "Gangster Granny" has more than 25 million followers. 

She may not be a football expert, but she has developed a great passion for the game and has followed Messi to stadiums around the world for years. She is a regular at Inter Miami matches. Last year, she even made a media-friendly marriage proposal to Messi at the Club World Cup. That at least put a smile on Messi’s face and earned a "thumbs up" from the superstar. In the GOAT debate, however, Pauline may by now be a little biased. 

But it was not only Messi’s superfan who celebrated the World Cup record in the stadium — Thomas Müller and Jürgen Klopp were there as well, working as pundits for Magenta TV. 

Even though Müller and Messi are rivals in MLS, he and Klopp are visibly thrilled by Messi’s goal. Football can be so beautiful. 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.