Messi is absent from the game in Hong Kong, the truth behind it is not so simple, this group of Americans is really not small
Messi Hong Kong is out of the game, and we need to look beyond the business perspective.
Nowadays, many people use contracts and good faith to criticize this no-show. Of course, this itself is a commercial game, and the big guys are all going for Messi's own performance, and even if there is sportsmanship, it must give way to this kind of commercial behavior.
However, we take into account that sports itself has political attributes, so Messi's failure to make this appointment may not be simply explained as a personal act because he is not in good health and cannot play.
Messi himself is a very good football player, he should know that the charm of football is inseparable from the fans, the star-team-fans constitute a complete football scene, and the respect for the fans is also an important part of football culture. At that time, the organizers gave them an over-standard reception, but the weak performance of the players has fully demonstrated that this is not a physical problem, but a brain problem. What's more, there are now media in Argentina saying that Messi himself has no physical problems.
We know that from the beginning of the "Occupy Central Incident" in Hong Kong to the subsequent "Black Riot Incident", Hong Kong has been in the whirlpool of great power games, and its economic and social development has been inevitably impacted, and this year is precisely the 10th anniversary of the "Occupy Central Incident" in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong's every move has naturally attracted the attention of the world.
Of course, the original intention of the organizers this time is good, and they want to use large-scale events to promote cultural tourism in Hong Kong to take a step forward, but some people may not think so, sports will never be a simple competition, the more international sports are, the more closely linked they are to international politics.
The 1980 Moscow Olympics were boycotted by the West, the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics were boycotted by the Soviet Union, and the 1992 bid for the 2000 Beijing Olympics was all political manipulation. Messi himself may have no ill will towards Hong Kong and China, but there is no guarantee that the financiers behind him have no other ideas.
The big boss of Miami International is called Jorge Maas, his net worth is 1.3 billion US dollars, he is a resolutely "anti-communist" Cuban businessman, the president of the United States at the time of the "black riots" in 2019 is called Trump, and Trump's Mar-a-Lago is just north of Miami. The former governor of Florida was Jeb Bush, the younger brother of George W. Bush, and the current governor of Florida is called DeSantis, who has just announced that he is withdrawing from the race and fully supports Trump.
If we look at these scenes together, then we find that even if Messi wants to stand up, I am afraid that someone will pull him to sit down.