15 days after the incident, Messi appeared on camera to respond to the controversy of not playing in the Hong Kong exhibition game. "I have read and heard a lot of things that were said after the game in Hong Kong, China.
I wanted to record this video to give the true situation, and hope that everyone will not continue to see false news," he said. Messi said it was important to talk about it again now, in the face of all the false information. He said he had adductor inflammation and I felt it before the first friendly in Saudi Arabia, so I couldn't play.