World boxing champion and Mexican boxer, Canelo Alvarez has threatened Argentinian football superstar, Lionel Messi after accusing him of disrespecting his country’s flag.
Messi scored for Argentina in their 2-0 win over Mexico on Sunday to keep his nation’s World Cup dream alive, but a video of the Paris Saint-Germain forward and his teammates celebrating in their change room has got Alvarez’s attention.
During the celebration,Messi appeared to kick a Mexican jersey or flag that was on the floor after taking off his boots.
Reacting to the incident, Alvarez tweeted: ‘Did you guys see Messi cleaning the floor with our jersey and flag,’.
‘He better pray to God that I don’t find him.
‘Just like I respect Argentina, he has to respect Mexico!
‘I’m not talking about the country as a whole, just about the bulls**t that Messi did.’
Watch the video below…
In other news, a Russian Premier League football match took a chaotic turn as players, rather than kick the football, chose to kick themselves during a dispute.
The match plunged into quite disturbing chaos with punches, kicks and knees thrown on the pitch, and six red cards handed out by the referee.
In most football matches when players have a dispute, there’s usually exchange of vulgar words, shoving and temper flares between the opposing teams and the referee usually settles the situation with his verdict; a yellow or red card for players who engaged in the dispute.
Well, there were more than the aforementioned elements in the Russian cup match between Zenit St. Petersburg and Spartak Moscow which happened on Sunday 27th of November, 2022 as the match plunged into quite disturbing chaos with punches, kicks and knees thrown on the pitch, and six red cards handed out by the referee.
Despite the unsavoury scenes, the game was able to resume for a decisive penalty shootout, with Zenit’s Brazilian goalkeeper Ivan the hero, saving two penalties to win the match.
Watch the video from the disturbing scenes that’s now trending online, HERE