[ad_1] Argentina will play two matches in the United States next month after Chinese sporting authorities cancelled friendlies featuring the World Cup champions amid a backlash against Lionel Messi’s failure to play in an Inter Miami match in Hong Kong. Argentina’s FA said on Thursday that Lionel Scaloni’s side will face El Salvador at Lincoln … Read more
[ad_1] “All petulant in pink like some thuggish flamingo,” read the pages of South China Morning Post. There was no hiding it: China was fuming at Lionel Messi. Nearly 40,000 had thronged to the Hong Kong Stadium to watch him play, how could he ditch them at the last second? Speculation ran amok. ‘Was it … Read more
[ad_1] Lionel Messi and Inter Miami received major backlash in China after Messi sat out a game against Hong Kong XI. (Photo by Kenta Harada/Getty Images) Argentina’s two planned friendlies in March in China have been called off after Lionel Messi failed to play in last weekend’s game between Inter Miami and a Hong Kong … Read more