The Mexican fans’ song to “spend” Messi for his absence in Inter Miami-Monterrey: will he get the rematch?

Mexicans are reckless. At least, the Monterrey fans who traveled to Florida to watch the first leg InterMiamime in front Monterrey. Is that, after the absence of Messi at the meeting of Concacampioni, the Argentine was the target of accusations from streakers who, as they say on the pitch, claimed that Leo “had shriveled up”. Precisely for him the statistics absolutely favor him, both against the clubs and against the Aztec national team.

Monterrey fans have entered the lion’s cage. Have they awakened the beast?

Let’s review: at national level, Messi has faced Mexico six times. Never lost. They have won five times and drawn only once. He scored in four of those matches, including the great goal that broke the deadlock in the second match of Group C of the World Cup in Qatar and which marked Scaloneta’s start towards the title.

Even at club level he does not know defeat. against teams from Aztec land. He played 28 minutes in a friendly against América in 2006 which ended 4-4. Three years later there was another friendly match against Chivas which ended 1-1.

For the beans he just played in 2009: on 16 December Barcelona faces Atlante for the Club World Cup: It was 3-1 for the Catalans with a goal from Leo.

And in 2014 there was another friendly: 6-0 for Barcelona against León with a brace from Messi.

In the few matches that Messi played against Mexican teams “for the beans” he always scored. That was the case last year in the League Cup, when the world champion scored a great goal from a last-minute free kick against Cruz Azul. It was the goal of Inter Miami’s passage to the next round and the elimination of La Maquina Cementera.

Last night, in the duel that Monterrey finally ignited against Inter Miami, the fans sang the same song throughout the match: “Messi is afraid”, could be heard from the stands. Knowing the statistics, the question that arises spontaneously is: what would Messi be afraid of?

Of course, the Monterrey fans (with more tradition on the pitch than the Inter fans) could afford that luxury because the Argentine was not on the pitch. We’ll have to see what happens next Wednesday in the rematch in the mountain city. If Leo will remain undefeated against the Mexicans and, if so, what will the fans sing?