Lionel Messi’s visit to Hong Kong ended in heartbreak for his fans as the Argentine superstar did not take to the field in Inter Miami’s 4-1 win against a local League XI in front of a sellout crowd on Sunday.
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This is only gonna get worse if he plays in Japan……. O boy……..
Why they do this with asian countries?
There were few lessons to be learnt from MLS but these people chose to take the risks !!! Dont cry over spilled milk 😂😂
Shame on Inter Miami. Messi’s reputation is damaged in stone faced those passionate fans whether he’s actively participating or went along with the scam.
At least the people were civilized. they just left in anger and disappointed, but went home peacefully. Imagine if this happened in the US, there would be riot. the stadium and cars in the street would probably be burnt down. Businesses would be looted. 🤣🤣🤣
This is not the fault of Messi but the organizer itself who is being a money grabber capitalizing on Messi's popularity to rake profits. Football can never fits to American capitalism, this is the reason why.
Messi should make an announcement in advance if he doesn't play. His arrogance has disappointed the fans. Don't come to China again.
You Messi fanboys are learning how it really is. CR7 would never do this to his fans.
From China, my classmates used to be a big fans of argentina national team, he never bought any else soccer clubs soccer jersey natioanl team neither, he used to only love argentina , he especially obessed with messi, now he put all his jersey into the trash .
I believe argentina as well as messi permanently banned in China
argentina ppl dont come to China, if you do you will face life threatened issue
Scam. Unprofessional.
At least say something, during the picture he even hid himself at the back, why 😭
lol imagine you paid 600$ to see taylor swift and end up jimmy ouyoung singing all night so funny😂😂😂
Messi is rubbish
He even put up a disrespectful face the whole match ? What did the kids who love him do wrong ? Most kids cried … the kids’ love to soccer and messi are truly pure , why did he hurt the kids like that ? Shame on him … obviously messi took it to the po local level at the expense of his fans in HK
Let’s see if he is gonna play in Japan!
Huge respect to Messi! He doesnt like being used as a tool by an authoritarian regime and doesnt try to hide it
American soccer guys is just sellout
😂😂😂😂😂frionel siempre la hace ni disculpas pidió
Silly were the fans who paid just to watch him. I mean come on do not take it seriously. What they want only money and fame.
So sad, USD 600 per ticket and finally got nothing from Messi
Inter miami and Messi is scam.
Messi had long face from the starting of the game till the end, H didn't even bother to say hello to the audience there. SO ARROGANT an RUDE.
They wanted to see Messi . Didnt they see him sitting even if he didnt play.
I think the team was really put on the Spirit as this was a match like world cup, so they dont want put on a risk to let Messi play after the team was leading 4:1.
.so messi can hv a better performance in next match.😂🤣😅😅 their are so serious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
scam
Biggest scam in sports
Messi messy… People save up and travel around the globe to see the messy guy turned out he's got his p ten mins before start of the game…he shows no interest with his fans and no sign of injury…may ps coming😅…what a sports man spirit
Fame makes people arrogant.
We call this “Inter Miami Shame” and “Beckham -Messi Disrespect Scandal” in Asia hahaha😂😂
A group of elderly fans paid for tickets of $,000 and came from the elderly homes to watch Messi and Suarez play but disappointed on way back finally😢😢
The organizer Tatler Asia is to be blamed here for trying to put on a show that's beyond their competence. It was shambolic as they pocketed millions from this rip off. There was no contingency in the contract for some sort of 'consolation' activities in case Messi can't play due to an injury – sign a shirt, shake hands with fans, pass some balls to kids for them to score a penalty etc.
They overhyped his presence in all advertising efforts around town and milking fans like cash cows, including organizing a 1hr30m open training session that ended up with only 40mins. The 40mins training session tix costed up to 100 USD. The name of Inter Miami and this event are a bad breath in the town now.
I feel for those who paid, esp. kids who were tearing waiting for Messi with anticipation and people who travelled from abroad for this, sigh ~
PS. I bet Messi and Suarez will be deemed fit enough to train in Japan tomorrow and most likely even start in the game on Wednesday as Iniesta will travel to feature in this game as a Kobe Vissel player. 🙄😪
Messi you will always be the goat of football, but you will never be our hero again
He's not welcome in Hong Kong from this day forward.
Shame on communist Hong Kong
One thing I’ve learned the Asians abroad take their love for their idols very very seriously
I can hear Messi saying,
“But I’m here ain’t I”…lol
Sucka😂
Quienes los engañaron son los empresarios sinvergüenzas !