According to the Voice of the Greater Bay Area Weibo on the 9th, regarding Messi's recent absence from Miami International's exhibition match in Hong Kong, Tatler Asia, the organizer of the Miami International Team and China's Hong Kong Star Team's exhibition match, announced today (9th) that half of the refund will be made to fans, and the specific arrangements will be announced before mid-March.
The statement said that it will not evade its responsibilities as the organizer of the event, and Tatler Asia will provide a 50% refund to the public who purchased tickets through official channels. Details of the refund arrangement will be notified before mid-March. Tatler Asia would like to apologize to the fans who were disappointed with the match.
After Tatler Asia announces the relevant refund optionsThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR**) issued a press release saying that it welcomed the decision and believed that the organizers' compensation plan was a responsible approach and showed its positive and responsible attitude
The communiqué also pointed out that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region understands that there are still many questions about the incident from all walks of life, especially Messi was unable to play in Hong Kong due to injury on February 4, but three days later, Messi played freely in Japan and did a lot of intense sports on the court. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)** hopes that the Miami International team will finally give a reasonable explanation to the Hong Kong people and the fans who came to Hong Kong to watch the game.
In the match against the Hong Kong Stars on February 4, Messi was absent due to injury, but in the exhibition match between Miami International and Japan's Kobe Victory on February 7, Messi came on as a substitute in the 60th minute of the second half and repeatedly created threats in the front court, which caused dissatisfaction and doubts among domestic fans in the comparison of before and after.
And Messi's "debut" incident also indirectly affected Messi's sponsors, especially Chishuihe Wine, which has just signed a contract.
According to the Southern Bay Finance Agency, after Messi was absent from the Miami International Football Club's exhibition match in Hong Kong, China, the comment area of the social account of the liquor brand "Chishuihe Liquor" was also "attacked" by netizens, and some netizens said that they hoped that Chishuihe Liquor could terminate the contract with Messi, in this regard, the official account of Chishuihe Liquor also responded in the comment area: "As a brand partner, we are also sad. ”
According to Yicai, as a well-known athlete, Messi is also one of the focuses of commercial brands. According to the 2023 list of global athlete earnings released by Forbes magazine, Messi won with 1$300 million in second place, with $65 million in on-site payrollOff-market commercial revenue of $65 million。At present, Messi is also the spokesperson of many commercial brands such as Pepsi, Budweiser, and Adidas.
But for now, Messi's major sponsors are temporarily silent about this incident.
The outside world is more concerned about whether the Argentine national team and Messi's trip to China will be affected this year.
According to the plan, the Argentine national team will visit China from March 18 to 26 to play two friendly matches against Nigeria and Ivory Coast, in Hangzhou and Beijing.
According to the news released by Xu Zexin on social networks, Argentina's trip to China in March is likely to be cancelled
As for whether the Argentine national football team will play at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in March this year? On February 8, according to Dawan News, the staff of Hangzhou Binjiang Olympic Sports Center said, "It has not been decided for the time being, and the official platform will release it when it is confirmed."
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