After Peruvian referee Diego Harrow blew the end of the Bolivia and Argentina match – which ended with the latter’s 1-2 victory in the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers – things got out of control between the players and almost turned into a fight.
The star Lionel Messi, captain of the “Tango” team, entered into an altercation with Marcelo Martinez, captain of the Bolivian national team, who reminded the “Bolga” of a previous loss in the city of La Paz, 6-1, and told him, “An idiot … you lost a hexagon.”
The scene did not end here, but the Argentine, Lucas Nava, a physical therapist for the owners of the land, intervened, insulted Messi and insulted his mother, but the latter answered him by saying, “What is wrong with you, bald? Why are you trying to create chaos, you idiot?”
This controversy prompted the referee to raise the yellow card in the face of both Martinez and Messi, who was very angry.
Argentine Sergio Agüero entered the line of sparring from his home in Manchester and published a picture of Messi and Nava, and commented, “Spank this bald, Messi.”
Messi involved in scuffle after Argentina vs Bolivia:
Wednesday night saw Argentina beat Bolivia in La Paz, which is always a dangerous place to play in World Cup qualifying, but the match ended with everything but peace between the two nations.
Thread!????????#100m #Argentina https://t.co/SWG32Lgevb
— LeoMessi⌚ (@Torhba) October 14, 2020
It is noteworthy that “Albiceleste” scored a hard-fought victory, with the goals of Argentina scored by Lautaro Martinez and Joaquin Correa, while Marcelo Martins Moreno scored the goal of Bolivia.
The Argentine national team suffered because the Hernando Seles stadium in the Bolivian capital La Paz was more than 3,600 meters above sea level, as the percentage of oxygen in the air decreases and affects the performance of players not accustomed to competing in such an atmosphere.
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