Even if you don’t pay attention to football, I believe you have heard about it. In February of this year, Argentine football champion Messi flew to Hong Kong with the Miami International team to start a new trip to China. However, during this trip to China, Messi, who was injured, did not play. He sat on the bench for the entire game, which also aroused the dissatisfaction of countless Chinese fans!
If it were just that the China trip was not played, this matter would not have caused a big storm of public opinion. However, in the Japan trip a few days later, Messi came on as a substitute and played for about 30 minutes. The completely different approaches in Japan and China also quickly pushed Messi to the forefront. The football king that everyone admired in the past became the target of attacks by Chinese fans overnight. Messi's reputation in China also plummeted. It's freezing!
After nearly half a year of waiting, the famous domestic football commentator Wang Tao revealed the truth behind Messi's refusal to appear on an audio program. According to Wang Tao, the local organizer of this Miami China trip did not sign a contract with Messi himself at all. Instead, he reached an additional agreement with the team’s owner Beckham and asked Beckham A remuneration of approximately RMB 5 million was paid. The organizers hope that Beckham can use his status as team owner to put pressure on Messi so that they can achieve the goal of Messi's debut without paying extra fees.
But if a star of Messi's level participates in a commercial competition, the organizer must sign an additional contract with his team, otherwise Messi can refuse to appear. Therefore, the Hong Kong organizers wanted to "get it for free" to save Messi's appearance fee. At first, Messi's team also agreed to play for about 10 minutes if his physical condition allowed. Messi also cooperated with the organizers to attend charity events, participate in training matches and other commercial activities. According to the original plan, Messi would also come on as a substitute for a few minutes during the game, but the bad thing was that the organizers were too greedy!
According to Wang Tao’s revelations, the organizers have reached an agreement with the Hong Kong government before the game. If Messi plays for more than 45 minutes in the game, the Hong Kong government will provide the organizers with an amount of approximately 30 million yuan. Sponsorship fees. But once Messi's playing time reaches less than 45 minutes, this amount will directly return to zero. Therefore, before the game started, the organizers found Messi's team and asked him to play at least half of the game. But Messi didn't charge money in the first place. How many minutes he played depends on his mood. Now that he is still suffering from some injuries, playing 45 minutes seems to him to be a completely unreasonable request. As a result, the negotiations between the two parties broke down directly. Messi, who felt that he was not respected, simply pulled Suarez and refused to appear. The trip to China in Miami also turned into a farce!
In the final analysis, the perpetrators of the "accident" during Messi's trip to China were the organizers of the event, and they completely got the relationship of priority wrong. The reason why fans traveled thousands of miles to watch Inter Miami play was because of Messi alone. However, the organizers, the team and even the team owner reached an agreement, but only Messi was forgotten.
I wonder if Messi’s domestic reputation will turn around because of this wave of clarifications?
