Argentine football star Lionel Messi has apologized to Chinese fans for skipping a friendly game in Hong Kong over the weekend due to an injury, only to be spotted playing in Japan days after. What happened: Inter Miami CF announced in December that it would be traveling to Hong Kong on Feb. 4, Sunday, to have a friendly match with an all-star Hong Kong team composed of some of the best football players in the First Division League at the 40,000-capacity Hong Kong Stadium. Several Chinese fans, some of whom paid as much as 4,880 Hong Kong dollars ($624) for tickets and traveled around 12 hours, booed and chanted “refund” when Messi spent the day on the bench.
Consumer Council says highest amount linked to a single complaint stands at about HK$24,000 over Argentinian footballer’s absence from match on Sunday.
Everyone knows what attitude and performance expected in a normal friendly match. There are no eternal superstars, only an eternal love for football. Anyone who deviates from the original intention of this sport, regardless of their motive, will not achieve good results.
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