The political scandal unleashed by the sworn statement of Manuel Adorni It also found its tragicomic side. On social networks, the former footballer Hugo Lamadrid —historic flyer Racing Club— published a video in which he pretends to find pen drives in the most unusual places: inside a banana, in a package of flour, among other everyday objects. The clip, loaded with irony, went viral in a few hours and garnered hundreds of comments.
The joke, of course, points directly to the explanation given by the chief of staff before the Anti-Corruption Office (OA) to justify the million-dollar increase in his assets: according to what he declared, some time ago he found a forgotten pendrive that contained the access key to a cryptocurrency wallet, with savings from his private activity that amounted to half a million dollars. The revelation ignited the indignation of the opposition and triggered rumors of a possible judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment or money laundering.
Lamadrid, now 60 years old, had anticipated the tone of his post with a previous phrase in X: “We deserve beautiful pendrives, and they will happen.” In the video, the closing has its own punchline: when the former footballer finally connects the found pendrive to his computer, the screen informs him that he does not have funds to pay the credit card. The gesture of disbelief at the news is the final image of the clip.
The Skinnyas he is known in Argentine football, debuted in racing in 1985 and was part of the team that won the 1988 South American Super Cup. He also wore the shirts of Universidad de Chile, Deportivo Mandiyú, Quilmes, San Martin de San Juan —where he played the 1996-97 season in the B Nacional— and Douglas Haig, among other clubs, before retiring in 1999. In recent years he reinvented himself as a social media figure, gaining massive repercussion when he wrote that he would return to football “just to break Icardi’s legs,” in allusion to the story between Mauro Icardi, Wanda Nara and Maxi Lopez.
