- The young striker from Colón de Santa Fe has publicly introduced his partner during an interview on the Sangre y Luto program.
- He thus becomes the first active professional footballer in his country who dares to make their relationship visible in such a natural way.
Football, that environment that sometimes seems stuck in the last century, has just received a lesson in reality and courage. Striker Nacho Lago has made history by becoming the first active professional player in the Argentine league to brag about his boyfriend without complexes. What started as a soccer talk on Aire de Santa Fe ended up being one of those moments that make an epoch when the program surprised the kid with a video of his partner.
“An irrational love”: The surprise that has gone around the world
During the broadcast, the footballer received a very loving message from his boy: “Thank you for the excellent person and professional you are… thank you for defending the colors of my city”. Nacho Lago, visibly moved, did not hesitate to pick up the glove and talk about his feelings, comparing his relationship with what he feels for the ball: “It is an irrational love, we live it this way, just like with football”.
“I love you very much and thank you for defending the colors of my city”: the emotional greeting that Nacho Lago, a soccer player for the first Argentine national team in Colón de Santa Fe, received from his boyfriend. pic.twitter.com/WXsIEmMUTM
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Nacho Lago is not a newcomer; He debuted at just 15 years old (the youngest in Almirante Brown’s history) and has played in clubs like Talleres de Cordova before arriving at the “Sabalero”. His decision to come out publicly is a necessary milestone in a league where, despite the fact that equal marriage has been approved for 16 years, the locker room remained a forbidden territory for diversity.
The end of silence on the grass
The reaction on social media has been truly amazing. Under the hashtag #NachoLago, thousands of users have celebrated the fact that an elite athlete shows himself as he is. “This should not be news, but with the machismo and homophobia that exists in football, it is a breath of fresh air”, they commented on X (Twitter), where the video already has close to half a million views.
From today onwards, the figure of Nacho Lago becomes an essential reference for kids who dream of being footballers without having to hide who they are. In a sport that sometimes suffers from retrograde, Nacho has shown that talent and identity go hand in hand. Argentina, which has always sent us the best stars, now sends us a lesson of pride that goes directly to the hearts of the fans.
