Messi misses game against Hong Kong, China. Argentina star Messi returns to Hong Kong after 10 years.
This time, the Major League Soccer team he plays for, Inter Miami, played an exhibition match at the Hong Kong Stadium on the afternoon of the 4th. Messi failed to play due to injury but still did not play until the end of the game that day, causing dissatisfaction among some fans. Officials and celebrities came to help transform the stadium into a pink "ocean" that afternoon.