'I was carried away by the passion and love I have for my country' Canelo apologises to Lionel Messi for threatening comments towards ARG forward
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez has apologised to Lionel Messi for his threatening comments to the Argentina forward.
One of the world’s best boxers was angered when a clip of the Paris Saint-Germain man appearing to kick aside a Mexico shirt on the floor, emerged.And Canelo wasn’t best pleased The footage, taken from a Nicolas Otamendi social media post, showed Messi in the Argentina changing room after scoring in his side’sHe then appeared to kick away a Mexico shirt on the ground, drawing plenty of ire from one of the country’s best-known athletes, Canelo.“Did you guys see Messi cleaning the floor with our jersey and flag?” he wrote to his 2.3million followers.
“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*** that Messi did.”
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