Hong Kong Sports Minister Kevin Yeung said at a press conference on Monday that the contract signed between the government and the match organizer contained a clause that Messi would play at least 45 minutes. But that didn’t happen, the Argentine world champion didn’t start at all in the duel, which Miami won 4:1.
According to the minister, Vlda contacted the applicant at the end of the second half, when Messi was still on the bench. The answer was that Messi could not play due to injury and that he would not start 10 minutes before the end of the match.
When it turned out that Messi would not play at all, the organizer insisted that he should spend some time with the fans. They used to be saved during the rescue and their feelings that they were cheated, they let it be known by asking for an entrance fee.
The government paid 15 million Hong Kong dollars (ie 44 million crowns) to the organizer of the event. According to Reuters, the tickets cost from 880 Hong Kong dollars (2,500 crowns) to 4,880, up to 14,000 crowns.
According to the AP agency, 38,000 tickets disappeared within an hour in December after the sales began. On Saturday, 40,000 people drank in Miami and Messi received a lot of attention in Hong Kong.
However, all football fans are very disappointed with one applicant, because Lionel Messi did not play. The organization of work has been carefully explained, the cabinet said in a statement.
“I’m tired,” Messi heard
Inter Miami continues its Asian tour with a win in Tokyo against Vissel Kobe. The truth is that I feel much better compared to the previous days, Messi acknowledged at the press conference. But I don’t know if I’ll make it, or not, he added.
The eight-person Vtz Zlatho Me thus went to his misfortune in the rescue in Hong Kong. he said that he could not play with the injured fingers. It was a shame that I couldn’t get on. It’s a code, he declared.
Mark Conrad, who teaches economics, ethics and sports business at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, reminded fans that they are buying a ticket for the game and not for a specific game.
Although a lot of people bought a ticket with the hope of seeing Messi, they were buying the ticket on the spur of the moment. Unless there is a condition that says otherwise, Conrad told the AP agency. Even though it is likely that the prize money and the price of the save were motivated by the size of Messi’s passion, his absence in the save did not violate the contract, he added.
Messi said that he will visit Hong Kong sometime and that he will be able to show himself to the wild people eventually.
