Argentina was scheduled to play two friendlies in China next month. Argentina's opponents in those two matches are Nigeria and Ivory Coast. But under the changed circumstances, China has canceled Argentina's match with Nigeria. Concerns have arisen about the Ivory Coast match.
Argentina was scheduled to play two friendlies in China next month. Argentina's opponents in those two matches are Nigeria and Ivory Coast. But under the changed circumstances, China has canceled Argentina's match with Nigeria. Concerns have arisen about the Ivory Coast match.
The match was supposed to be against Nigeria in Hangzhou. Reuters reported the cancellation of the match. "Under the current circumstances, which everyone knows, according to the authorities, the environment is not suitable to host the friendly match," said the Hangzhou authorities. For that reason, we have decided to cancel the match.'
The reason behind the cancellation of this match is thought to be Messi's absence from the Inter Miami match in Hong Kong. Inter Miami played a pre-season friendly in Hong Kong. Lionel Messi was on the bench the whole time due to injury. However, Hong Kong football fans bought tickets by spending huge sums of money. It goes without saying that the reason was Messi.
Despite not playing in Hong Kong, Messi played the last 30 minutes of the match against local team Vissel Kobe three days later in Japan. Hong Kong organizers said they would refund 50 percent of the ticket price. But even that did not calm Hong Kong.
Emails have been sent to the football federations of China and Argentina regarding the cancellation of the match, but no response has been received, Reuters said.
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