The Mexican national team captain defended Lionel Messi: “Canelo doesn’t understand what lives in a dressing room”

Andres Guardadocaptain of the national team Mexicodefended Lionel Messi, after the controversy surrounding the boxer’s statements Canelo Alvarezwho threatened the Argentine champion on social media, upset because according to him he would have destroyed his country in the celebration after the 2-0 victory of the second date of group C of the Qatar 2022 World Cup.

“I was lucky to face Leo many times in Spain, to have moments with my son. I know the person who is Leo. Unfortunately maybe Canelo doesn’t understand what you live in a locker room And that’s why I can understand the reaction of offense to seeing the Mexico shirt on the ground and everything that went viral” said one of the leaders of the team led by Gerardo Tata Martino.

“It seems to me nonsense what you talk about doesn’t matter. Leo had many details with me and with other colleagues. We know how it is. What we’ve been talking about is creating controversy or selling things,” added the experienced midfielder.

After Argentina’s victory, La Scaloneta’s celebrations in the locker room were shared on social networks. In a video we see Guardado’s shirt – which he had exchanged with Messi – on the ground in front of the 10, while the loot was taken away.

In the movement to take off his shoes, the star involuntarily made the shirt run with his foot and Canelo exploded on social media. “Have you seen Messi mopping the floor with our shirt and flag?”wrote the Mexican showing his annoyance.

But, beyond that, the most serious thing is that in another tweet he threatened him, warning of a violent reaction when he crossed it. “That I ask God not to find it,” quoted the Mexican accompanied by emojis that reflect anger.

Canelo’s attitude did not go unnoticed and many players who were teammates of the Argentine echoed him and came out to put the footballer on the bench.

About this situation, Guardado explained: “The dirty clothes are left on the floor so that the waiter knows what needs to be washed and what not. When you leave everything sweaty on the floor, you go to wash and what not, you take to home.And so it is, dirty clothes go to the floor, whether it’s your shirt or your rival’s“.

And he clarified: “I had Leo’s shirt. And then I got to the locker room and I threw it on the floor to get washed, only it didn’t register. That’s how you live in the locker room. We didn’t pay much attention to it.”

After the commotion generated, a video of Guardado’s son with Messi in 2018 went viral on the networks and which Sandra de la Vega, the footballer’s partner, had uploaded at the time.

It was taken after the match between Betis and Barcelona on 21 January of that year, in Seville. The video shows how Andrés Guardado walks his son to the door of the visitors’ locker room. With almost no waiting time, Messi appears and quickly reaches out to lift up Máximo, who was amazed to meet his idol.

“If anyone is half a Maxi fan, they know that he loves football. So as I told him we were going to play against Barca, he said he wanted to meet Messi. I asked Messi if he could take a picture at the end with my son, and he said yes, no problem. The match is over, I took him to the Barcelona dressing room and he went out. But Maxi was very excited, as soon as he saw him he said: ‘Messi !Messi!’ And Messi started laughing. And Máximo celebrates like Messi, so I said to him: ‘How do you celebrate Messi?’ He liked Messi, and Messi, of course, made him laugh” Guardado said about that meeting.

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This Wednesday the fate of Mexico, last in group C with 1 point. To qualify for the round of 16, they must beat Saudi Arabia and hope Argentina don’t do the same against Poland.

In this regard, Guardado analyzed: “We want to keep the small opportunity there is to qualify for the next round. We try to give everything to make it happen, beyond the result of Poland-Argentina”.

Regarding the criticisms that Martino receives from the Mexican press, the captain specified: “We have a coach who has a lot of experience and who has already managed a team like Argentina who is also a passionate fan where criticism is always constant. Fortunately, he knows what it is about and knows how to convey to the group the tranquility that he has gathered throughout his experience».

Regarding the match against Argentina, the midfielder analyzed that, after Messi’s goal, those led by Lionel Scaloni “started to feel their game more and had faith in who they were during this Cup process of the world”.

“It’s one of the best teams in the world. They are still serious candidates,” he stressed, before being asked if Argentina could lift their third World Cup in Qatar. “They have Messi, that’s for sure,” he replied.