If Messi insists on refusing to apologize, his trip to China will forever remain in the summer of 2023
On February 9, Beijing time, the Hangzhou Sports Bureau officially announced that the Argentine national team came to Hangzhou to play a friendly match in March for the reason "well-known", that is, Messi did not play, which is the price paid by Messi for not apologizing.
Messi did not play in Hong Kong, causing an uproar. Is the responsibility for Messi himself, Inter Miami Club, or the organizers? Who is lying? Is Messi really unwell enough to be able to play for a minute? And is there really a "medical miracle" that will make him "walk like a fly" in Japan three days later? Is there really an external force behind this incident, as the "conspiracy theory" says?
The real answer to the above questions, we still don't know, we still need to give an explanation from all sides, perhaps, these "pots" may not really be borne by Messi himself, maybe on the above issues, Messi is innocent.
But - it must be said - but - Messi's indifferent attitude towards Chinese fans, until he left China, he barely explained, but never said the word "apology" to the fans, which is the most unacceptable, and it is also the main reason why he has been criticized by many media, caused a huge storm of public opinion, and made many fans "lose fans".
Whether it is a Messi fan who bought a ticket to watch the game, or a senior media person like Hu Xijin, what he wants most is actually an apology from Messi. Chinese fans are generally tolerant, and the mainstream media will not deliberately hold on to a world superstar, if Messi can apologize in a timely, public and formal manner like Ronaldo, then things will not develop to this point.
However, Messi has not apologized, so it is impossible for him to be forgiven by Chinese fans and public opinion, so no company dares to invite him to China in the face of the world's condemnation, and no sports bureau dares to risk the world's condemnation to approve his team's trip to China, whether it is Argentina or Miami International.
Therefore, if Messi insists on not apologizing, then his trip to China is likely to stay in the 9th and summer of 2023 forever.
Of course, Messi is not without a chance to change, and he still has many ways to win forgiveness from Chinese fans, but the first thing that needs to be done is to publicly apologize, just like he did when Paris Saint-Germain was absent from training.