Messi apologized for his absence in Hong Kong – 2024-02-20 07:31:01

The absence of Lionel Messi with Inter Miami in Hong Kong triggered the anger of thousands of people in the Asian country and was even responsible for the Argentine team’s tour of China scheduled for next March. suspend and move to the United States.

However, in the last few hours the Argentine star tried to calm the waters by apologizing in a video that quickly went viral on different social networks, in which he explains in two minutes and eighteen seconds the reasons why. the world champion in Qatar 2022, could not play a single minute.

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Clarification from Leo

Through the Chinese social network, Weibo, Leo Messi denied the rumors and clarified that his absence was not due to a political issue and that it was exclusively due to the physical ailment in one of his legs generated by muscular overload due to the demands of the preseason.

“As I said in the press conference I did, I had an inflammation in the adductor and I couldn’t participate,†Messi expressed about the pain that sidelined him from being able to complete the preseason friendly tour, adding that: “in the first I felt it in the game I played in Arabia, in the second I tried to play for a while and it got worse. I tried the day before to train and make the effort for all the people there. I did what I could and the truth is that I couldn’t play.

Regarding why he did play in Japan, a situation that generated more controversy and a large number of negative messages in Hong Kong, Messi explained that after several days of rest, plus medical follow-up, he managed feel a notable improvement that allowed him to play several minutes.