“May he pray to God he doesn’t meet me,” wrote the multiple champion in a tirade on Twitter against the Argentinian superstar, who plays Poland in the group final for a place in the knockout stages on Wednesday at the Stadion 974.
A scene in the South Americans’ dressing room after Qatar’s 2-0 win against Álvarez’s native Mexico on Saturday had enraged the professional pugilist. Messi touched a Mexican jersey lying on the ground with a shoe while taking it off. A video from the dressing room clearly shows that Messi is not even looking down at the moment.
Álvarez insinuated that Messi was on purpose. Among other things, he wrote: “As I respect Argentina, you must respect Mexico.” Foul insults followed. However, former teammates sidestepped Messi. “You certainly don’t know anything about football and what happens in a dressing room,” wrote Sergio Aguero on Twitter. Before the end of his career, he was always roommates in Messi’s national team, and the two are very good friends.
The jerseys are always left on the floor after the game because they are sweaty, Aguero explained. Messi didn’t even realize he was touching the jersey. “Did you see how Messi wipes the floor with our jersey,” the boxer had previously asked provocatively instead.
“The jersey of discord,” wrote the newspaper “Pagina12” about the shirt previously worn by Mexico’s captain Andrés Guardado. The 36-year-old’s son is said to be a big Messi fan, according to the report.
Source: Nachrichten
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