Football Soap Opera
What is a Soap Opera?
What’s the difference between a primetime drama and a soap opera?
This is Wanda Nara. She is an Argentinian former model. In 2013 she was married to Maxi Lopez (centre), a football player for Sampadoria.
In the summer of 2013, Mauro Icardi, a young striker signed for Sampadoria.
Maxi Lopez the older striker sometimes was a mentor to the younger Maurio Icardi (right)
In 2013 Wanda accused Lopez of cheating on her. She left him.
BEFORE they divorced, the rumour is she started dating Icardi.
If you were the coach of Sampadoria, what would you do in this situation?
- Lopez has been at the club longer but at this point Icardi is the better striker (9 goals vs 1 goal)
Maxi Lopez and Wanda divorced in December 2013
Icardi is sold to Inter Milan at the end of the season (after scoring 10 goals in the league)
Why do you think Sampadoria decided to sell Icardi?
April 2014
Maxi Lopez’s Sampadori plays against Icardi’s Inter Milan. The media calls it the “Wanda Derby.”
At this point Icardi is engaged to Wanda and living with her and Lopez’s 3 kids. He gets a tattoo of Wanda’s kids.
Would you play Lopez in the game?
What advice would you give to Lopez before the game?
Lopez refused to shake Icardi’s hand during the game but they didn’t fight
May 2014
Icardi and Wanda get married and soon have 2 children together
16th October 2021
Wanda uploaded a photo to her instagram without her wedding ring. She wrote: “Good Day. I prefer my hand without a ring on it?
Why do you think she did this?
On the same day Wanda unfollowed her husband and this model / actress, China Suarez, on Instagram
What do you think happened?
Wanda found messages on Icardi’s instagram between him and this Argentinian model, China Suarez!
17th October 2021
Wanda leaves Paris to go back to Milan with her 5 children
What advice would you give to Icardi? (He is in Paris)
What should he say to Wanda?
22nd October 2021
PSG announce Icardi can miss 2 training sessions and 1 game to “deal with a family emergency”
If you were Icardi’s manager, and he wanted to miss a game to save his marriage, would you let him?
“If I were Icardi’s manager I would…”
23rd October
Icardi uploads OLD photos of the 2 of them and thanks her 'for continuing to believe in this beautiful family'.
24th October
Wanda uploads a message saying: “You ruined another family”
October 24th
Icardi posts: “It’s not so bad going solo” on instagram
October 25th
Icardi unfollowed everyone on Instagram except his wife.
Why do you think he did this?
What other new rules will Wanda demand?
October 26th:
On instagram Wanda announced she and Icardi had signed the divorce papers but he wrote her a nice letter and she decided not to divorce him
October 30th
Icardi deletes his instagram account