After taking offense to a dressing-room video that appeared to show Leo Messi kicking away a Mexican jersey on the floor with his foot, Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez has now apologized for publicly threatening the Argentine striker.
Alvarez, who has 2.2 million Twitter followers, stated that Messi “should ask God that I don’t find him” after taking offense to the video.
Leo Messi scored in Argentina’s 2-0 victory against Mexico on Saturday at the World Cup.
However, on Wednesday, Alvarez stated that he overreacted and offered his regrets to Messi and the Argentine people.
“These last few days I got carried away by the passion and love I feel for my country and I made comments that were out of place,” Alvarez said.
Estos últimos días me dejé llevar por la pasión y el amor que siento por mi país e hice comentarios que estuvieron fuera de lugar por lo que quiero disculparme con Messi y la gente de Argentina. Todos los días aprendemos algo nuevo y esta vez me tocó a mí.
— Canelo Alvarez (@Canelo) November 30, 2022
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“So I want to apologize to Messi and the people of Argentina.”
Meanwhile, Messi responded after Argentina’s 2-0 win over Poland on the final day of Group C.
“I saw that he spoke now, but I think it was a misunderstanding.
“Those who know me know that I don’t disrespect anyone.
“I don’t have to apologize because I didn’t disrespect the people of Mexico or the shirt or anyone,” said the Argentina captain.
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