Messi was supposed to create a new fanbase for Inter Miami in China. Instead, a game in Hong Kong created a diplomatic incident
The video, posted on the pages of the South China Morning Post, was simple and inflammatory in its headline: “Why Hong Kong Hates Messi”. There followed a monologue by the publication’s managing editor, Yonden Lhatoo, in which he chastised , the Argentine World Cup winner and the prized asset of team . “All petulant in pink like some thuggish flamingo,” Lhatoo of Messi, before adding: “Everyone looking at him might as well have been staring at a ballerina in a tutu.
He said: “It’s unclear whether this approach is too difficult for the ‘King of Football’, or is it because he is too popular and sought after and has become numb to cheers?” Lobo Louie, associate head of the department of health and physical education at Education University in Hong Kong, was as saying the player was not on crutches and therefore should have played, even suggesting an agreement be made with the opposition team to not go in hard on Messi.
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