Recently, Messi's failure to play in the exhibition match between Miami International and the Hong Kong All-Star Team has become a topic of concern for fans at home and abroad.
Since arriving in Hong Kong, Messi has chosen to remain silent, even if he is booed by the fans, and after canceling various activities, the Miami International team left Hong Kong, China ahead of schedule for Tokyo, Japan, the next stop of the Asian tour.
According to the flight tracking website, Miami International has arrived at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan at around 6 o'clock tonight.
According to the schedule, Inter Miami will face Japan's J-League team Vissel Kobe away at 18:30 pm Beijing time on February 7, when Messi's appearance will be closely watched.
Before leaving for Japan, Messi's promotional video was revealed in advance, and the Argentine superstar smiled and said: "Hello everyone, I want to tell you that we are very happy to come to Tokyo for this match, and to visit everyone, see you soon, I will give you a big hug, goodbye", and finally gave a thumbs up.
For Messi sitting on the bench all the time before, some Japanese fans began to worry, "Messi is coming to Japan, if he is injured, then it is very likely that he will not be able to play the game the day after tomorrow" "If Messi doesn't play, then what to watch?" "Can the ticket be refunded?"
Now Messi personally announced that he is very happy to come to Japan and will participate in this game, which means that the possibility of playing is not small, because he has played in the previous 4 preseason games and there is no big problem, but after arriving in Hong Kong, China, he did not say a word, and chose to remain silent in the exhibition game, directly ignoring the love of Chinese fans for him.
It is worth mentioning that when Messi was about to leave the stadium, a fan threw down a jersey, Messi didn't even want to pretend, stepped directly from the jersey, and walked away indifferently with his hands in his pockets.
Although people from all walks of life in Hong Kong, China asked the organizers, Miami International Club and even Messi himself to apologize and explain to the whole Hong Kong people after the game, they were unwilling to give an explanation after arriving in Japan, and their apology was also refused.
Compared with Ronaldo's inability to play, publicly explain the reason, and apologize to Chinese fans, Messi remained silent directly this time, no wonder it caused a large number of netizens to scold, and then the word-of-mouth image of domestic fans will fall to the lowest point.
According to the official news of the Argentine national team, the team will travel to Hangzhou and Beijing in March this year to compete with Nigeria and Ivory Coast respectively, and Messi may also come to China again.