Mexico captain Andres Guardado has defended Lionel Messi after Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez covertly threatened the Argentine striker after he felt offended by a video of Messi pushing his foot aside his Mexico national team shirt in the dressing room after winning the match World Cup in Qatar Mexico.
Messi scored in the 2-0 World Cup win against Mexico last Saturday, and Alvarez wrote via his Twitter account on Monday, followed by 2.2 million people: Have you seen Messi mopping the floor in our shirt and flag?
And Alvarez added in another tweet, accompanied by an angry face and a flame: He (Messi) should pray to God not to take him.
But 36-year-old Guardado, who is contesting his fifth World Cup, has been backing Messi.
He told reporters: There is an unspoken agreement that if players’ sweat falls on the dressing room floor, everyone should wipe it off.
He continued: I was lucky enough to face Messi for many years in Spain, I know his personality and morals. Unfortunately Canelo probably doesn’t understand what it means to be in the locker room.
Mexico must win their final Group C match against Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to have any chance of reaching the round of 16 in Qatar.
