The lobby cameras of the Grand Meridian Hotel caught something last night that has now turned into the latest internet obsession: a mystery woman arriving at nearly midnight and walking straight into the elevator reserved for players — just minutes after Alessia Russo returned from training.
According to staff members, Russo entered the hotel at 11:42 p.m., hood up, earbuds in, clearly tired from the evening session. She gave a polite nod to the concierge and headed toward the lifts. Nothing unusual.
At 11:48 p.m., everything changed.
A woman, dressed in a long dark coat and wearing a cap low over her eyes, stepped through the revolving doors. She didn’t check in. She didn’t speak to reception. Instead, she walked directly — almost confidently — toward the same elevator Russo had taken moments earlier.
Security screens showed the woman tapping something on the keypad beside the lift — a code normally accessible only to team members and authorized guests. When asked how she got it, security refused to comment.
The clip leaked onto social media early this morning, sparking an avalanche of theories. Was she a friend? A teammate? A club representative? Or someone from Russo’s life few people know about?
Fans dissected every frame, zooming in on her walk, her posture, even the curve of her jawline beneath the shadow of the cap. Some claimed she moved “like someone Russo already knew.” Others insisted the woman looked familiar from blurry photos taken weeks ago outside a match.
The intrigue deepened when hotel staff were questioned. One employee, who asked not to be named, admitted: “She didn’t act lost. She acted expected.”
Another insisted the woman went straight to the 17th floor — the same floor where Russo and several staff members were staying — before all elevator footage mysteriously cut off at the hallway.
When reporters contacted the hotel this morning, the only response they received was: “We do not comment on guest movements.”
The club also declined to speak about the incident.
As of now, no one knows who the woman was, what business she had on that floor, or why she entered with such ease. And Russo? She left the hotel early this morning without addressing the situation, keeping her head down as photographers shouted questions.
But fans are certain of one thing: This wasn’t a coincidence. Someone came to see her — and they didn’t want to be recognized.
And until more footage surfaces, the mystery woman remains exactly that: a mystery.
