With Messi's debut in Japan, the "King of the Ball" is considered to be a complete "stall" in China this time, less than 24 hours after the end of the Miami International Team and the Kobe Victory Team, from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ** to China's major officials **, and then to the Chinese Football Association Messi is completely blocked by various voices and actions, so far except for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ** let the Miami International Team and Messi stand up and apologize, the Chinese Football Association has stopped cooperating with the Argentine Football Association, and the official website of the Chinese Football Association has also deleted all the news about Messi, What is even more interesting is that the announcement of the Argentine international team's trip to China in March this year has come to naught, why did Messi bring a huge impact? As its problems have gone beyond the sport itself Messi
Let's start with Messi to Hong Kong, with the strong support and warm-up of the Hong Kong SAR ** Miami International Team, the Miami International Team kicked off the prelude to Hong Kong, and will perform a friendly match with the Hong Kong Star Team here, as far as the Miami International Team is concerned, it is not enough to attract the attention of the Hong Kong SAR **, even if you can have the qualification to participate in the Hong Kong exhibition match, it is not easy, therefore, the only "signboard" that has attracted attention is Miami International Team owner David Beckham, and Lionel Messi, who led the Argentine men's football team to win the Hercules Cup in 2022, in order to hold exhibition matches and revitalize Hong Kong's reputation, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR**) mobilized multiple departments to welcome and coordinate all the trips of the Miami International team, and even when they landed in Hong Kong, a grand welcome ceremony would be arranged as soon as possible. In the past, such specifications were presented to foreign heads of state.
In addition to the above, the HKSAR** has also promised the organisers about HK$16 million in matching grants and venue grants, which means that tickets will be sold out during the warm-up period of more than a month! Even some fans came from distant Xinjiang, people just to see the "football king", Hong Kong SAR ** such efforts are also to meet the needs of the Hong Kong people, the fans on the scene and Messi, the "football king" satisfaction, but disappointing is that from the moment the Miami international team and Messi arrived in Hong Kong, there was an atmosphere: indifference!
According to Huo Qigang's interview with social **, after the entire Miami International team arrived in Hong Kong and got off the plane, when facing the grand welcome ceremony, the staff of the whole team not only set off in a hurry, but he quickly boarded the bus, and seemed indifferent to the call of the ceremony host, which made many guests present feel very embarrassed. Huo Qigang's welcome ceremony at the beginning was described as "dignity has been severely trampled", and then in the Hong Kong exhibition match, Messi did not take off his dress, and the entire bench sat for 90 minutes, and Huo Qigang claimed that in the 90 minutes of the event, the director of the Hong Kong Bureau of Culture and Tourism had coordinated with the organizer three times on Messi's appearance, but was rejected by the Miami International team coaching staff, which was in line with the previous Hong Kong SAR ** negotiated with the organizer "Unless it is for safety and physical reasons, Messi must play for at least 45 minutes." "Not at all.
If Messi's failure to show up is disrespectful to the fans at the scene, then the post-match behavior is undoubtedly an "insult". What was the original agreement with the organizer that "Messi is the captain, he wants to speak, and he wants to present awards"? Messi not only refused to speak, refused to accept the award, and even refused to shake hands with the Hong Kong chief executive even around the crowd, just like the welcome ceremony at the airport before, just like Huo Qigang said, if the players are injured and can't play, I think the fans can understand, but in front of the tens of thousands of fans and the Hong Kong chief executive, they even lack a minimum of respect, you must know that in the open exhibition match, in the case of not being able to play, can you pick up your microphone and speak actively after the game, can you go outside the stadium and take the initiative to shake hands with the fans to express your gratitude, Even if all the details are not written into the contract, I believe this can be regarded as respect for those fans who like and support him, Messi put his hands in his trouser pockets, accompanied by personal bodyguards and quickly left the field.
After that, the Miami international team gave the statement that "Messi is injured and can't play", but the whole thing began to reverse from Messi's landing in Japan, the first to reverse was not others, but Messi himself, he attended the press conference before the friendly match in Japan, personally admitted that "he was not hurt, he just felt very uncomfortable", Messi claimed that he felt that there was something wrong with the adductor muscles, and then went to undergo an MRI examination and found that he was not injured, but he refused to participate in the Hong Kong game, the reason was"Uncomfortable".
Such remarks are obviously a bit "foolish", and then there is another "magic operation", Messi sent a "letter of explanation" through Chinese social **, he said that due to groin swelling and pain, he failed to appear in the friendly match in Hong Kong. He is eager to return to the field one day in the future and give a great game to the fans in Hong Kong! However, the interesting thing is that Messi's Chinese social account IP was displayed in Sichuan, obviously ** and not himself.
By Feb. 7, ahead of the exhibition match between Inter Miami and Vissel Kobe in Tokyo, Japan, football fans across China were keeping a close eye on whether Messi would play. As a result, Messi not only came on as a substitute, but also played a full 30 minutes in a row! Unlike the previous Hong Kong station, Messi performed "vigorously" when he participated in the Japan game, and he did not see the injury of not being able to play two days ago.
Even Japan** also broke out that when Messi's whole team was training before the game, he was very light in passing, running and shooting, and he talked and laughed with his teammates, which can be said to have completely angered the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region**, Huo Qigang issued another heavy article: Please Messi explain to the Hong Kong people and come forward to make amends!
Now, it no longer matters whether Messi is injured or not, and in his entire Asian itinerary, only Hong Kong will be absent from the six exhibition games, which is very puzzling! If you want to say that you are really injured, since you have played in Asia, it is a friendly match, and the most basic respect and etiquette should be there, and many fans have traveled thousands of miles and spent huge sums of money to visit, Messi has not only always maintained a "black face" state throughout his career in Hong Kong, but also barely said a word, which has nothing to do with whether he is injured or not. Therefore, less than 24 hours after Messi ended his match in Japan, he was fully ** by the Chinese side.
According to Xu Yi, a football leader, Xu Zexin, a reporter from Northwest Wang, and others at the same time, the Chinese trip of the Argentine men's national football team in March 2024 will be announced in the near future! And Xu Zexin also revealed that in the current situation, the news of the termination of many related brands of Argentina's China tour and the official announcement of the official cancellation will come one after another.
Immediately afterwards, the Chinese Football Association also took action. According to the report of Xu Zexin, a reporter from Northwest Wang, the Chinese Football Association has decided to temporarily suspend the cooperative relationship with the Argentine Football Association, which also covers the Argentine national team, this information reveals 2 points, first, behind Messi's absence from the Hong Kong game, it has been determined that it is related to the Argentine Football Association, and second, the Argentine national team's trip to China in March is also confirmed to be canceled! What's more, Xu Zexin revealed that now on the official ** page of the Chinese Football Association, all news related to Messi have also been deleted, and the "ball king" Messi can be said to have been completely blocked!
At the beginning, I said that Messi's problems now go beyond sports itself, in fact, many of them have risen to the level of state-to-state relations, but it is certain that the 36-year-old Messi is bound to have more benefits to seek since he chose to "cold China and pro-Japan". I'll reveal each one in the coming days!