After not the most successful performance in the World Cup match against Saudi Arabia, Lionel Messi improved tremendously – he scored a goal and gave an assist in the game with Mexico (2: 0). After such success, it seemed that the captain of the Argentines, at least for a while, would leave his haters out of work. However, criticism towards Leo came from where it was certainly not expected. The famous boxer Saul Alvarez ran over the footballer!

Canelo did not like that after the match with Argentina, the jersey of the national team of Mexico lay on the floor in the locker room of the opponent. And the fact that Messi also hit her with his foot infuriated the boxer.

However, Leo quickly stood up. And very serious guys!

Special or not?

After the victory of Argentina over Mexico in the match of the 2nd round of the group stage, a video appeared on the network in which the players of the Argentine national team celebrate in the locker room. And it was remarkable because of one small, but very controversial detail. The video clearly shows that a T-shirt of the Mexican national team is lying on the floor in the locker room of the Argentines … In addition, Messi, who was sitting not far from her, also touched her with his foot, as if throwing him away.

Fans in the comments immediately divided into two camps: some argued that Lionel did it by accident, while others believed that it was intentional. And this situation would have ended with Internet battles, if not for one “but”. One of the most famous and strongest boxers on the planet Saul Alvarez, also known as Canelo, made threats against Messi in his social networks!

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“Let him pray to God that I don’t find him!” Did you see Messi mopping the floor with our t-shirt and flag? Just as Argentina should respect Mexico, we should respect Argentina! I’m not talking about the country [Аргентине]I’m talking about Messi and his act. Since the Mexican T-shirt is on the floor, this is already an insult, stop fooling around, arguing whether it was or not, Alvarez wrote on social networks.

And at first glance, Canelo is understandable. Indeed, why the hell is a T-shirt received as a sign of a good tradition lying on the floor under your feet? Yes, there seems to be absolutely no reason to shove the Mexican national team jersey at Messi. However, this does not reduce the strangeness of what happened. However, the fire kindled by Saul was quickly extinguished by Leo’s comrades.

The famous Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Aguero stood up for Messi. They tried to explain to Alvarez that football players always throw sweaty shirts on the floor for the staff to take them out to wash. Even the captain of the Mexican national team Andres Guadrado decided to convince the boxer that Lionel did not have malicious intent. By the way, it was his shirt that touched Messi in the locker room.

Cooler support

Despite quite convincing arguments, Canelo remained unconvinced. Moreover, the boxer on social networks also harshly answered Aguero:

“You are also a bastard, at first you write something to me, and now you retreat. Don’t be a hypocritical jerk

It’s hard to disagree with Canelo that the attitude towards national symbols should be respectful. It cost nothing for football players to put sweaty T-shirts in special tanks, and not to trample them with their feet even by accident.

But the players themselves clearly did not deserve such criticism, because there was no malicious intent in their actions. To threaten and insult people in such a situation, you see, is too much. Fortunately, serious guys were on the side of Messi. The legendary Mike Tyson and the Argentine UFC fighter Santiago Ponzinibbio stood up for Leo.

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“Someone called Canelo threatened Messi. If he dares to touch Messi, I will have to enter the ring many years later,” Tyson wrote on social networks.

Now Alvarez clearly needs to reduce his ambition. Insulting football players and threatening them is one thing. Let him now try to write something similar to the same Tyson. Yes, and initially Canelo could have acted completely differently … With his status and opportunities, Saul could well get in touch with Messi and ask him about what happened. After all, Leo, most likely, would not even understand what it was all about.

Instead, Alvarez attacked Messi and Aguero like a classic hater from the comments, showing himself, to put it mildly, not from the best side. Let’s hope Saul is smart enough to leave Lionel alone. Although something tells me that the story is not over yet.