“I am going to tell this audio that will surely be forwarded to many groups and people who are asking me the same thing.” Former River and Racing soccer player
Nicolás Sánchez
, currently working as a
technical assistant for Monterrey
, knew that the content of his audio was going to make noise. “
Yes, Messi wanted to fight me
,” he shot. The event, according to his version, occurred after the 2-1 that Rayados won as a visitor against Inter Miami, in the first leg of the Concachampions quarterfinals.
“I don't think he wanted to hit me because otherwise he would have, because he had me an centimeter away. But
he put his fist next to my face
. “I think he was looking for more than a reaction, more than hitting me,” Sánchez revealed.
The alleged episode exploded this Friday, more than 24 hours after the victory achieved in the United States by the Mexican team led by another Argentine,
Fernando Ortiz
, whom Messi, who did not play in that match, supposedly faced once his team's defeat was complete. to ask him for explanations for the comments he had made in the previous one.
The defender from Nueva Chicago, who also had a stint in Argentine football with Godoy Cruz before landing, precisely, in Rayados, commented that he had seen the captain of the Argentine National Team, world champion in Qatar 2022, from afar at halftime. And he couldn't greet him there because he was far away. That situation occurred in the locker room area, where they would cross paths again at the end of the game.
“In good spirits
I approach him to ask him for a photo
. And the 'security', also in a good mood, stops me. I see that
Messi was really hot
and that the referees just came in. There Messi faces them and he tells the four referees everything.
Next to him, Tata Martino, both of them very out of place
. If we do that they will throw us all out. And they followed them to the locker room door,” said the 38-year-old former central marker.
😱🚨 "MESSI WANTED TO FIGHT, HE PUT HIS FIST NEXT TO MY FACE"
Nico Sánchez revealed the fight that happened in Miami... with Lionel Messi and Tata Martino! 😳
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And he continued: "When things calm down, the players start to enter the locker room. Tata Martino was at the door greeting the Inter players. He was on fire and I realized that he wanted to throw something to make him light up even more. what was happening in the environment, which was heavy.”
“Before entering the locker room, Tata Martino says '90 minutes left, we're still alive', or something he said. I was calm, I never got angry. And there were people from Concacaf there. Then I look at them and tell them 'if we do that, they'll throw us all out,'” he said.
Nico Sánchez: “Messi was possessed, he had the face of the devil”
According to his story, from that moment on, the temperature of the Argentinians at Inter Miami began to rise. “Tata Martino, who was entering the locker room, turned around and started telling me everything. And Messi appeared, who I thought had left, and he wanted to eat me raw.”
“The 'security' approached me, who didn't touch me because I didn't react. He didn't even look at him (Messi), but the dwarf was possessed, he had the face of the devil. And he put his fist next to me. 'Who do you think you are, salami? Who did you eat?' I don't think he insulted me, but since I didn't look at him, I never answered and worse," he said.
Then, he shot the Rosario coach. “
Tata Martino, a poor idiot
, had him in front of him and told me 'you're going to cry so much.' An idiot,” he insisted.
Nicolás Sánchez wearing the Monterrey shirt during his time as a player. He now works as a technical assistant for the Mexican team. Photo EFE / Miguel Sierra / Archive
“ They probably deleted
all the videos
because they make them look very bad. What they did is very serious. But hey, it's part of the show. They want to get the field dirty and muddy and that is what I wanted to avoid and expose them to. That's why the tole tole was set up, but there were no fights or fights. Pure discussion and tightening. “They were angry and looking for us to hit them,” he concluded.
The return of the series between Inter Miami and Monterrey will take place on April 10 in Mexico, starting at 11:30 p.m. in Argentina. And after leaving behind the physical discomfort in his hamstring that had him suffering in recent weeks and that prevented him from participating in the tour with the Argentine National Team in the United States and playing in his team's last four games, Messi could play. that match.
The Rosario star was called up to play this Saturday at home against Colorado Rapids for the seventh date of Major League Soccer, with the idea being that he adds minutes to reach that revenge with rhythm and be able to get out of the fight, if that is the case. He had it or has it, on the field.
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