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 SAR government, As of now, in addition to the Hong Kong SAR government's request for Miami International and Messi to come forward and apologize, the Chinese Football Association has suspended cooperation with the Argentine Football Association, and all news about Messi has also been deleted on the official website of the Chinese Football Association. Because his problems have gone beyond sports itself
Let's start with Messi's arrival in Hong Kong, with the strong support and warm-up of the Hong Kong SAR government, the Miami International team started a trip to Hong Kong, where they will have a friendly performance match with the Hong Kong star team, just talking about the Miami International team is not enough to attract the attention of the Hong Kong SAR government, and it can even be said that they are difficult to be qualified to play an exhibition game in Hong Kong, so the only "signboard" that attracts attention is the owner of the Miami International team, David Beckham, and the one who led the Argentine men's football team to win the Hercules Cup in 2022"King of the Ball" Messi
In order to hold this exhibition match and revive Hong Kong's reputation, the Hong Kong SAR government has mobilized multiple departments to welcome and coordinate the entire itinerary of the Miami International team, and even arranged a grand welcome ceremony as soon as they landed in Hong Kong
In addition, the Hong Kong SAR government also promised to help the organizers obtain matching grants and venue subsidies totaling about 16 million Hong Kong dollars, so after nearly a month of warm-up, the tickets were sold out! There are even some fans who come all the way from Xinjiang, just to witness the "football king" style, and the Hong Kong SAR government is working so hard to satisfy the Hong Kong people, the fans on the scene, and Messi, the "king of the ball" Satisfied, but disappointing, from the moment Inter Miami and Messi arrived in Hong Kong, there was an atmosphere: apathy!
According to Huo Qigang on social media, after the Miami International team arrived in Hong Kong and got off the plane, in the face of the grand welcome ceremony, the whole team not only left in a hurry and boarded the bus quickly, but also was indifferent to the call of the host of the ceremony, which embarrassed many guests on the spot
Followed by the Hong Kong exhibition match, Messi didn't even take off his coat, and sat on the bench for 90 minutes, and Huo Qigang claimed that within 90 minutes of the game, the director of the Hong Kong Bureau of Culture and Tourism coordinated with the organizer 3 times Messi's playing issue, but was rejected by the Miami International team coaching staff, which is completely inconsistent with the previous agreement between the Hong Kong SAR government and the organizer "Messi needs to play at least 45 minutes unless there are safety or health problems".
If Messi's failure to appear on the court is disrespectful to the fans at the scene, then the behavior after the game can be called an "insult", and the original agreement with the organizer that "Messi needs to speak and accept the award as the captain" was the result? Refused to accept the award, and even bypassed the crowd and refused to shake hands with the Hong Kong Chief Executive, which is the same as the welcome ceremony held at the airport before, as Huo Qigang said, if the player is injured and cannot play, I believe the fans can be forgiven, but in the face of tens of thousands of fans and the Hong Kong Chief Executive, there is not even the least respect, you must know that this is a public exhibition match, if you can't play, can you pick up the microphone after the game and take the initiative to speak, Whether he can go to the sidelines and take the initiative to shake hands with the fans to thank him, even if these details are not written into the contract, I believe it is a kind of respect for the fans who love and support him, while Messi left the stadium quickly with his trouser pockets in his hands and escorted by personal bodyguards
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 pre-match press conference of the friendly match in Japan, personally admitted that "he was not injured, but just uncomfortable", Messi claimed that he felt that there was something wrong with the adductor muscles, and then went for an MRI, the results showed that he was not injured, but he refused to appear in Hong Kong on the grounds of "uncomfortable".
Messi posted a "letter of explanation" on Chinese social media, claiming that he was unable to play in the friendly match in Hong Kong because of swollen groin and pain, and looked forward to the opportunity to come back one day in the future and give the game to Hong Kong fans!
Then on February 7, before the exhibition match between Miami International and Kobe Victory in Tokyo, Japan, it can be said that all Chinese football fans were paying attention to whether Messi was on the field, and as a result, Messi not only came off the bench, but also played a full 30 minutes! Unlike the previous Hong Kong station, Messi performed "vigorously" in the Japanese game, and it was completely impossible to see that he suffered an injury that he could not play two days ago
Even the Japanese media revealed that Messi passed the ball, ran, and shot very briskly in the team's training before the game, and talked and laughed with his teammates, which completely angered the Hong Kong SAR government.
Nowadays, it doesn't matter whether Messi is injured or not, among all his Asian trips this time, only 6 exhibition matches were absent from the Hong Kong station, which is very puzzling! If it is really injured, since he came to Asia to play a friendly match, there should be basic respect and etiquette, and many fans are from far away and spend a lot of money to see him, and Messi not only "blackfaced" throughout the whole trip to Hong Kong And he was silent, which had little to do with whether he had injuries or not, so after Messi finished the game in Japan, less than 24 hours, he was completely banned from China
According to football media person Xu Yi and Northwest Hope reporter Xu Zexin reported at the same time, the upcoming Argentine men's football national team's China tour in March 2024 has basically come to naught!
Immediately afterwards, the Chinese Football Association also took action, according to Northwest Wang reporter Xu Zexin reported, the Chinese Football Association has announced the suspension of relevant cooperation with the Argentine Football Association, including the Argentine national team, this information revealed 2 points, first, behind Messi's absence from the Hong Kong game, has been determined to be related to the Argentine Football Association, second, the Argentine national team's trip to China in March is also confirmed to be canceled! More importantly, Xu Zexin also revealed that all the news about Messi has also been deleted on the official website page of the Chinese Football Association," The king of the ball" Messi is completely banned!
As I said at the beginning, Messi's current problems have gone beyond sports itself, in fact, many of these problems have risen between countries, but what is certain is that since the 36-year-old Messi has chosen to "be cold and pro-Japanese", he will inevitably have greater interests to plot, and in the next few days, I will expose them to you one by one
Editor: Tang Bohu