Mexican boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has apologized Lionel Messi Later alvarez called Argentina to push away captain a Mexico shirt on the floor of the dressing room following Argentina’s 2-0 World Cup victory on their CONCACAF rivals on Saturday.
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“In these last few days I got carried away by passion and love for my country and I made some comments which were out of bounds,” Alvarez posted on Twitter on Wednesday.
“I want to apologize to Messi and everyone in Argentina. Every day we learn something new and this time it was my turn.”
Alvarez, who has won world championships in four weight classes throughout his career, felt Messi’s actions were deliberate and tweeted to his 2.2 million followers:
,Have you seen Messi sweeping the floor? With our jerseys and flags????
“He better pray to God I can’t find him!! He should respect Mexico the way I respect Argentina!” ,
Many fans around the world were quick to point out that Messi was only taking off his shoes when he accidentally touched Mexico’s jersey.
mexico midfielder andres guardadoMessi, playing his fifth World Cup, had earlier come to the rescue of Messi. “It’s a compromise with props: When you leave everything sweaty on the floor it’s all there to wash,” Guardado told reporters.
“I’ve had the privilege and the privilege of facing Messi for many years in Spain… I know the person he is. Unfortunately, maybe Canelo doesn’t understand what it’s like in the dressing room.”
However, Canelo defended his claim, saying:
“From the moment the Mexico jersey is on the floor, it’s already a disgrace.”
In which former Argentina striker sergio aguero responded to:
“Mr. Canelo, don’t look for excuses or problems, of course you don’t know about football and what happens in the locker room,” Aguero said on Twitter.
“After the game the jersey is always on the floor because of the sweat and then if you look closely, he makes a move to remove the boot and accidentally hits it.”
Mexico in their final Group C game Saudi Arab on Wednesday.
