Chinese New Year's Eve, except West Night.
Last night, Chinese New Year's EveChinese New Year's Eve night, the Hangzhou Sports Bureau officially issued a document that in view of the current "well-known" reasons, the Argentine team's trip to Hangzhou in March was officially canceled.
Of course, this is to be expected, yesterday's Brother Meow headline push has accurately predicted No drama, 100% canceled!
At 21:42 last night, the Hangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau *** wrote in an official statement:
As a commercial event, a company negotiated with the Argentine football team to come to Hangzhou for a friendly match in March this year. In view of the well-known reasons, according to the competent authorities, the conditions for the event are not mature, and it has been decided to cancel the event.
But Brother Meow, like the majority of fans, is probably the first time since watching the game that he has seen the official mention of the reason using "well-known", a wording with infinite meaning.
There is no accident that the competition in Beijing, Argentina, was also announced to be canceled on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
At 11:07 this morning, the Beijing Football Association issued an official statement, confirming that Beijing currently has no plans to host Messi-related events.
Statement on Messi's coming to Beijing to play: Recently, many fans and netizens have asked about Messi's coming to Beijing to play. It has been verified that Beijing currently has no plans to host relevant matches in which Messi participates.
Previously, on January 30, the Argentine national team officially announced that they will visit China from March 18 to 26, and the two friendly matches against Nigeria and Ivory Coast are played at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center and Beijing Workers' Stadium respectively.
Argentina's trip to China in March was canceled, to put it bluntly, it has nothing to do with other Argentine players, and the "pot" is in Argentina captain Messi.
On February 4, in the exhibition match of Miami International in Hong Kong, Messi did not appear, did not interact with fans after the game, and did not have any explanation during his stay in Hong Kong, but after coming to Japan, he played 30 minutes in a friendly match on February 7, which caused dissatisfaction among many Chinese fans.
This is what the official Hangzhou Sports Bureau said in view of the "well-known" reason, in the current situation, if you really want to hold a trip to Hangzhou, Argentina, it will be boycotted by fans, and it will cause serious public opinion, which will go far beyond the scope of football and sports.
If there is no surprise, Argentina's 2-0 defeat to Australia at the Gongti in June last year will be the last trip to China in Messi's career.
Tonight: Messi is likely to lose the Chinese market
Tianjin** "Tonight" commented that the development of Messi's "debut door" incident has caused very serious consequences, and Miami International and Messi are likely to lose the Chinese market as a result.
Yesterday, Tatler Asia, the organizer of the Miami International trip to Hong Kong, made a public apology and announced that it would offer a 50% refund of the ticket price to fans who purchased tickets through official channels.
The organizers revealed that their contract with Inter Miami stipulates that Messi, Suarez, Busquets, Alba and others will play at least half of the game, except for injuries. However, this additional condition is difficult to be clearly defined, and it also lays the groundwork for the staging of the "debut door" incident.
After a 50% refund of tickets, the revenue data released by the organizers showed that Messi's "debut door" incident caused them a loss of up to 43 million Hong Kong dollars. To be sure, the development of events has had a very bad impact, and Inter Miami and Messi are likely to lose the Chinese market as a result.
Some of the Chinese brands endorsed by Messi have also taken action. Tianjin-based Cudi Coffee, the global sponsor of the Argentine national team, used an inverted word "Fu" to cover Messi's face in the store's promotional poster.
This move not only contains the auspicious meaning of "blessing has arrived", but also seems to convey to the public their attitude of "drawing a line" with Messi.