Lionel Messi is 48 hours away from starting his first full season with Inter Miami in the MLS
.
But the Florida team's passage through Asia is still something to talk about.
The absence of the Argentine star in the friendly against a team from the
First Division of Hong Kong
caused anger and even the intervention of the Government of that country, with economic consequences for the organizer of the match and also for the
Argentine National Team
, which was prevented from power. travel to South China in March for the FIFA window.
"As everyone knows I always want to play, I heard that I had not wanted to play due to political issues and many of those things that have nothing to do with it.
If that had been the case, I would not have traveled to Japan or gone to China as I did on different occasions. since I started my career.
I have always had a very close relationship with China,
I have always done things like interviews, games, events and many matches with both Barcelona and the National Team," explained the world champion.
And he added: "As I said in the press conference,
I had an inflammation in my adductor and I couldn't participate.
In the first game I played in Saudi Arabia I felt it, in the second I tried to play for a while but it was worse.
I tried the day before. to the friendly in Hong Kong to train and make an effort for all the people there
, but the truth is that I couldn't play.
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