2024-02-14 14:03:00
Beckham wears a red scarf and says Lunar New Year greetings while eating noodles
Video posted on Chinese social media to resolve ‘Messi no-show’ scandal
Messi missed in Hong Kong, plays 30 minutes in Japan
Messi suffered damage from shaking hands with Hong Kong’s Chief Executive… “political intent”
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The ‘no-show scandal’ of soccer star Messi, who missed the Hong Kong friendly match, is growing into a national problem.
Beckham, the owner of Messi’s team, took action to appease the angry Chinese fans, but it only had the opposite effect.
This is correspondent Kang Jeong-gyu in Beijing.
[기자]
David Beckham, former soccer star and co-owner of the American professional soccer team (Inter Miami).
Wearing a red scarf, we eat noodles with chopsticks.
He also gave me Lunar New Year greetings in faltering Chinese.
[데이비드 베컴 / 미국 인터 마이애미 공동 구단주 : 올해는 특별한 용의 해입니다. 새해 복 많이 받으세요!]
This is a video posted on Chinese social media to resolve the controversy over Messi’s ‘Hong Kong no-show’.
However, the post was plastered with ‘malicious comments’.
The problem was that Messi, who only stayed on the bench during the friendly match in Hong Kong on the 4th, played for 30 minutes in Japan three days later.
Soccer fans who were angry at China for ignoring them tore up Messi’s autographed jersey worth more than 5 million won.
[중국 축구 팬 : 잘 들어라 메시! 중국인들은 그렇게 만만하지 않아!]
In the end, the friendly match organizers agreed to refund half of the sign price, but the scandal did not subside.
In particular, there was even a political interpretation of Messi avoiding shaking hands with the Hong Kong Chief Executive.
[왕창 / 군사학자 : 인터 마이애미의 공동 구단주인 호르헤 마스는 공산당을 철저히 반대하는 쿠바계 사업가입니다.]
The Chinese government also expressed its discomfort by promoting the theory of ‘foreign intervention’.
Along with reports that China has suspended soccer cooperation with Argentina, friendly matches for the national team with Messi scheduled for next month were canceled one following another.
Soccer star Messi’s no-show scandal, which touched the ‘disgust’ of 1.4 billion Chinese people, is even showing signs of spreading beyond sports into a national problem.
This is YTN Kang Jeong-gyu from Beijing.
Filming Editing: Go Gwang
Graphics: Wonhee Lee
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