The absence of an exhibition match in Hong Kong due to injury has pushed Rio Messi to the forefront. The new ball king, who was crowned the first person in football history after the 2022 Qatar World Cup, seems to have become a street rat for a while.
From the 2022 Qatar World Cup to the present, there have been four waves of ** waves about Messi on the Internet. The specific time points obtained through the index are as follows: the first time is from November 21 to 27, 2022, and the corresponding event is Argentina's upset loss to Saudi Arabia in the group stage. The second was from December 19 to 25, 2022, and the corresponding event was Argentina's victory over France in the final to win the World Cup. The third time was from 12 to 18 June 2023, and the corresponding event was a friendly match between the newly crowned world champion Argentina and Australia on a trip to China. The last time was the recent trip to Miami International Hong Kong, playing an exhibition match, and Messi was out due to injury.
When Messi led the team to win the Hercules Cup, he became the undisputed first person in football history. Subsequently, all kinds of beautiful words were overwhelming, and people inside and outside all kinds of circles talked about each other, which completely exceeded the football circle. People not only praise Messi's football skills, but also praise him and his wife's happy love and happy family, and praise his character off the field. Messi is almost portrayed as a perfect man.
In mid-2023, Samsung's trip to Argentina and China will make Messi's fever boil again in China. The 40-degree heat in Beijing in June could not stop the enthusiasm of the fans, and the route of the Argentine team's bus, the outside of the team's hotel, and the Beijing Workers' Stadium were all a sea of blue and white. Messi also gave back to the Chinese fans with his performance, scoring the fastest goal of his career in 81 seconds, breaking through the three-man encirclement with the ball to send a precise pass, and leading the team to leave the field after the game. Of course, I have to mention the young guy who rushed into the stadium, took a photo with Messi, high-fived Big Martin, and the "water release" security guard who was happy to see it. Foreign ** reported on this one after another, lamenting the love of Chinese fans for Argentina and Messi, CCTV News commented: "Messi fever" let the world see a real and lovely China.
All of this came to an abrupt end on February 4 of this year. In the exhibition match between Miami International and the Hong Kong League Stars, Messi failed to play due to injury, and he did not immediately explain through any channels after the game. Obviously, for the fans who are expecting Messi to play, especially those who buy tickets in it, this result is undoubtedly disappointing and human. At this time, there is a lot of uproar about Messi's "apology" and "fraud", mostly due to the disappointment of Messi fans and the attacks of opposing fans, but it is basically still in the football circle.
However, three days before the Hong Kong exhibition match, Messi came on as a substitute in the 60th minute in the exhibition match between Miami International and Vissel Kobe, in Japan. Since then, the criticism of Messi has been out of control, completely beyond the field of football, rising to the height of political positions, and even thinking that Messi is choosing sides between China and the West. They seem to have forgotten that it was only about half a year ago that Messi led the Argentine national team to thank all the fans at the Beijing Workers' Stadium.
What's even more interesting is that more than a year after Argentina won the World Cup, and just after the Miami International trip to Hong Kong, some remarks questioning Argentina's World Cup championship appeared and fermented. Obviously, there is a group of people who smell Messi's huge flow and want to get a piece of the pie like flies. With these people as the central point, there are groups of audiences who have no ability to think independently and follow the crowd, which sets off a ** ugly drama in the ignorance carnival of the group.
So, what to think of last year's ** wave of unparalleled praise for Messi? It is probably no different from this earth-shaking criticism in essence, and the love or dislike in the flood ** is indispensable to the speculation of traffic and the blind obedience of the group.