The ticket price is 4468 yuan, Deng Ziqi and Tony Leung cheered, but Messi was absent from the game, and Huo Qigang asked him to apologize
Following Ronaldo's trip to China, another representative of football, Messi, and the team Miami International also started a round of China trips, playing a friendly match with the Hong Kong team at the Hong Kong Stadium. As an international superstar, Messi's arrival ignited the enthusiasm of local fans in Hong Kong, and many foreign fans also made a special trip to the scene to see the style of the football king.
And because of this event, the Hong Kong media is the publicity of the front page headlines every day, and Deng Ziqi and the local top Jiang Tao and others were invited to come to assist, and the early momentum can be said to be very in place, basically the whole Hong Kong knows that Messi is coming, and the highest ticket price is 4468 yuan, and many celebrity guests have also come to cheer.
Among them, Deng Ziqi not only wore the Miami International jersey as a guest performer, but also took an intimate photo with star Beckham, and sang two English songs to warm up the scene before the opening. It can be said that whether it is on or off the field, Messi's arrival has ignited the enthusiasm of many audiences, but what is more embarrassing is that although Messi arrived at the scene with the team, he did not participate in this friendly match, and he was not even willing to participate in the speech.
In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Beckham took the initiative to ask for an acceptance speech, but it was not recognized by the audience, most of the audience came to see Messi, but under the overwhelming publicity, Messi just sat on the bench and missed a face, and watched the friendly match with the Hong Kong team throughout the whole process, and even Messi's teammate Suarez just warmed up on the sidelines and returned to his seat.
According to Hong Kong media reports, the organizer had promised that Messi would play to participate in the game, and his team promised that there would be no problems that morning, but when it came to the game, he suddenly said that he could not play, and even Messi refused the organizer's request to say hello to the fans on the spot. The organizers then retreated and hoped that he could speak on behalf of the team, but was also refused, and disgruntled fans shouted "refund tickets" at the scene, saying that they had been scammed.
And it is worth mentioning that after the exhibition match, during the group photo of the two teams, Messi was not willing to stand in the front row to take a photo with the Hong Kong team, but only stood in the last row, and was not even willing to show his face.
The camera zooms out to see Messi standing in the corner on the left, compared to everyone else who can show his whole face, Messi seems to specifically hope that his teammates can block him, which makes many fans angry, and some big Vs on the whole network publicly complained: Suarez at least wore sneakers, Messi didn't even wear sneakers, it was a complete fraud.
In addition to the anger of many Hong Kong fans, there are also fans who flew to Hong Kong from Xinjiang to see Messi, and as a result, Messi's performance of not playing for a minute in the whole game made many people disappointed. There are also many people who think that perhaps the Hong Kong organizers are also responsible, because the organizers made it clear in the official contract with the local government that Messi would play, but in the end they deceived the fans.
Subsequently, Guo Jingjing's husband, Huo Qigang, who is now in front of the Huo family, said angrily: "The organizers have been using the "football king" Messi as a solicitation, and the overwhelming publicity has attracted the eager expectations of the public and fans, and the tickets are sold out in an instant - the organizers and Miami International need to apologize and explain to the people of Hong Kong." ”
Fok Kai-gang then continued to add that he hoped that the Hong Kong government would deduct the sponsorship money of the organizer as a punishment, and hoped that the organizer would ensure the quality of the event and meet the expectations of the public when undertaking projects in the future. It is unacceptable to express disappointment that Messi was unable to play despite charging sky-high labor fees, especially after his failure to play, his team did not have any other way to increase communication with fans, respond to fans' expectations, and have no respect for fans and Hong Kong.
Huo Qigang said that there is indeed nothing wrong, even if Messi is absent due to injury, he can respond to the fans who came to support him through some speeches or other ways, but he not only refused to interact with the fans, but also refused to speak on stage, and even did not want to show up for a group photo, such an attitude undoubtedly made many people difficult to accept, and felt that it was not respectful enough.
Subsequently, the director of the Hong Kong Bureau of Culture and Tourism held a press conference to respond, saying that the official had asked Messi to enter the stadium as soon as possible four times, but Messi's team refused to play on the grounds of injury, and proposed a series of remedial measures that did not receive a response.
In this case, Messi's team and Miami International only have a few official explanations for this, and they are unapologetic, and many people also said that there will be a friendly match with the Japanese team the day after tomorrow.