On December 20, 2015 Barcelona faced River Plate in the Club World Cup final in Japan, defeating it with three clean goals, as the Uruguayan top scorer Luis Suárez scored two goals, and Argentine star Lionel Messi scored one goal.
But the "Bulga" did not celebrate his habit, but rather raised his hand in the form of an apology from the fans of the Argentine team that flocked to Japan in numbers that reached 16 thousand.
"I know the size of the sacrifice, effort and expense that the fans made to travel to Japan, and how excited they were because their team reached the final, and I am the Argentine who spoiled its happiness and scored the first goal, no," said the Argentine captain, who felt sorry for the joy of his fans. I know if I have to apologize, but I raised my hand as a kind of apology. "
D'Onforio (President, River Plate) "Messi is a gentleman. When he scored the goal he raised his hand in apology" pic.twitter.com/YPp80q9LTf - Argentina Football (@ARG_soccernews) December 21, 2015 |
In another incident, which shows Messi's sporting spirit and commitment, he asked the referee to face Barcelona and Ray Vaykano not to count a penalty for him and not to review the technique of assistant referee (Var), because the defender did not commit any error against him inside the penalty area.
In yesterday's match, Messi lost his balance in the GK's area after a bump in with a defender. |