Israel Reyes defended Messi after a mocking celebration for Mexican fans
The celebration of Messi to Mexican fans, boasting about Argentina’s three World Cups, has divided opinions. The last one to come out to speak was the defender of Club AmericaIsrael Reyeswho justified and defended ‘La Pulga’. In an interview for ESPN, Kings was questioned about last weekend’s episode in the Allegiant Stadium of vegas. The Mexican fully analyzed the situation and ended up offering arguments why he believes Messi did nothing wrong. “I’m going to tell you something, I didn’t realize it, because I was obviously angry about the goal, I didn’t realize it, in the end everything happened, some teammates took such a photo of me, and I saw them later. Wow, for me, I think it’s something that falls within the field, because of how passionate football is, because of how passionate it can make you warm up, anyone can do this, for me it’s like that,” he said. In addition, Kings He expressed that within soccer it can become common for soccer players to have friction with rival fans. For this reason, he considers that the episode of Messi It falls within the parameters of “normality” and does not consider it an offense to the Mexican fans. “At the end of the day I think we’ve all done it with a fan, you’ve warmed up and it also comes out in the game, that’s how I see football. As I see the things of the people towards the player and the player towards the people, I think that people are going to enjoy, de-stress, they get everything out and the player is obviously going to do his job and that’s it, I feel like he’s going that way or is it my answer towards what you say,” he expressed. Messi’s burlesque celebration In it Allegiant Stadium of vegas, Inter Miami won 3-2 on penalties Club America in a friendly match. The Mexicans started winning and Messi He was the object of annoyance by the azulcremas fans. The eight times Ballon d’Or tied the actions thanks to an assist from Luis Suárez for a collective play that started Jordi Alba. It was at the celebration where all the controversy broke out. As soon as he scored, the Argentine went to the stands, raised his arms, began to point out his name on his jersey and gesticulated and made reference to the three World Cups that the albiceleste won. Basically, the gesture of Messi It could be translated into “I have three, and you?” Keep reading:· Messi rubs Mexican fans in the face with controversial celebration of the World Cup won by Argentina· Javier Mascherano targeted Mexicans in the Messi controversy: “They are hostile to us”· ‘Bofo’ Bautista and David Faitelson insult each other for Messi’s mockery of Mexican fans
