Retribution is coming! It was revealed that there were changes in Argentina's trip to China, and Messi did not respect the fans and reaped the consequences
Ignoring the request of the Hong Kong organizers to play and lie about "injury", but a few days later Japan came off the bench for 30 minutes to play bravely, the behavior of the "football king" Messi undoubtedly hurt the feelings of the majority of Chinese, and also failed those loyal fans who spent huge sums of money and traveled thousands of miles to watch the game. So what kind of punishment will Messi receive? There is an old saying that "it's not that you don't report it, it's not time to do it", and Messi will soon have to pay the price for his actions.
Media person Xu Yi revealed to the majority of fans that don't rush to prepare to watch the game of Argentina's trip to Hangzhou in March, the situation may change!
As we all know, Messi is a phenomenal player in world football today, he and Ronaldo are respected as the "king of the ball" by the majority of fans, as long as there is Messi's game, whether it is the national team or the club, it must be full.
Last year, Messi came to China with the new World Cup champion Argentina and played a friendly match against Australia at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing, which caused a huge sensation and economic effect. So after the end of Argentina's trip to Beijing, there was a lot of news that Messi would visit China again, but it was unknown whether he would represent the national team or the club.
Fast forward to February 2024, Messi finally returned to China again, he followed the club Miami International to visit Hong Kong, China, and started another trip to China, but this time the trip to China was full of disrespect and lies.
First of all, Messi despised the city very much the moment the plane landed in Hong Kong, and left directly without taking care of the interview process tailored for him by the organizers; secondly, Messi was fine at the training match, but at the halftime of the game, he informed the organizers that he was "injured" and would not play; finally, Messi did not have a trace of guilt for the organizers and the fans at the scene, insisted on not apologizing, but came on as a substitute for more than 30 minutes during the trip to Japan a few days later, showing his "double standard" to the outside world.
Obviously, what Messi and his team did this time completely angered Chinese fans, not only did the good reputation for many years seriously decline, but also damaged the huge Chinese market behind them, and Messi and his team will soon be punished!
If Xu Yi is right, the Chinese market is already responding to Messi's behavior, which is "unwelcome". Although Chinese football welcomes high-level teams and stars to visit and exchange in China, it resolutely resists those behaviors that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and disrespect Chinese fans, even Messi, who is the "king of the ball", will eventually suffer its own consequences.
According to the original plan, the Argentine national team will start its trip to China in March 2024, this time playing a total of two friendly matches, one against Nigeria at the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium on March 18, and the other against Ivory Coast at the Beijing Workers' Stadium on March 26.
With the serious decline in Messi's reputation and the crisis of trust among fans, the upcoming China tour of the Argentine national team will also put a big question mark, after all, the organizers must also take into account the feelings of fans in addition to commercial interests. What Messi can do now is to try to save his reputation in the minds of fans, if it is a misunderstanding, then tell the truth, don't be lucky, otherwise it will really "become a thousand hatreds", and Messi's good image in China will never be returned.