Messi visited Japan with Inter Miami, and attended a press conference alone at noon on the 6th, which lasted for more than 20 minutes, and he even talked about the storm of missing from his visit to Hong Kong a few days ago. In contrast, Messi did not say a word to the public on the 4th in Hong Kong, did not attend any press conferences, and did not explain the reason for his absence to the fans at the request of the Hong Kong government and the organizer after the exhibition match.
Messi answers questions at a press conference in Japan.
Messi attended the press conference at more than 11:30 a.m. local time on the 6th, and as seen from the live broadcast clip, there were more than 100 reporters at the scene. Messi took to the stage in Inter Miami's jersey and sat on a high stool to answer questions alone. The host first asked Messi two questions, including how he felt about coming to Japan and what he wanted to tell Japanese fans.
Japanese media said that the press conference was originally scheduled to be attended by boss Beckham, coach Martino, players Busquets, Alba and others, but 10 minutes before the press conference, the conference was announced that only Messi was the only one. In addition, the scheduled filming sessions were canceled, causing a media sensation on the spot.
Inter Miami visited Japan, Messi smiled at the press conference.
followed by questions from reporters in the audience, a total of 4 reporters asked questions, and Messi answered them all. Messi was expressionless most of the time, smiling only a few times. The last question was asked by a foreign journalist in English about his feelings about his absence from the Hong Kong visit. When the on-site translation question was Japanese, Messi scratched his head several times, using his left hand and then using his right hand. During answering questions, he shrugged his shoulders several times.
Japanese media described Messi as a little confused at the time, but in this press conference, this is the question he responded to in the most detail.
Messi did not attend any press conference on the 4th of his visit to Hong Kong, and the pre-match call was attended by coach Martino and striker Suarez
Messi arrived in Tokyo on the evening of the 5th and responded to media questions at a press conference at noon on the 6th, while Messi did not attend any press conference on the 4th. During his stay in Hong Kong, Inter Miami's pre-match sign-up was attended by coach Martino and striker Suarez, while Martino was the only one in the post-match press conference.
The Hong Kong government and organiser Tatler asked Inter Miami to publicly explain the reason for Messi's absence to fans at the stadium after learning that Messi would not be able to play in the second half of Sunday's exhibition match. At the post-match award ceremony and group photo, Messi also shrunk in the back row, after which he went back to the dressing room and did not speak publicly.