In recent days, the media has been reporting that Lionel Messi only went to China to play a friendly match with the Australian team.
Argentina team celebrates winning the 2022 World Cup
Meanwhile, the former Barcelona star will not travel with the Argentina team to Indonesia to compete.
"According to the agreement with Lionel Scaloni, Messi will not play the second match against Indonesia in Jakarta," reported Argentine newspaper El Destape.
Tyc Sports revealed that because the points added in the friendly match with the island nation were quite small, M10 asked for permission to be absent.
Meanwhile, Vermouth Deportivo said Messi wants to return to Europe to complete some related procedures to move to the US to live and play for Inter Miami Club.
The news that the owner of 7 Golden Balls will not play a friendly match with his home team has disappointed Indonesian fans.
Many people even asked the Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) to refund their ticket money.
In response, PSSI President Erick Thohir flatly rejected this proposal. The head of Indonesian football affirmed that from the beginning, PSSI only talked about selling tickets to watch the match with Argentina, not to compete with Messi.
Therefore, Mr. Thohir said that asking for a refund of the ticket purchase will definitely not be accepted.
“I pray that Messi comes to Jakarta, I pray that Messi plays a friendly match with Indonesia,” the PSSI president told CNN Indonesia.
Previously, many sources said that Indonesia had to spend up to 16 million USD (about 376 billion VND) to organize the match with the Argentine team.
As planned, the match between Indonesia and Argentina will take place on June 19 at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta (Indonesia).
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