Messi, upset, spoke after the incident with a Paraguayan footballer

Lionel Messi is a true reference, both on and off the field of play, his stay in the present of the Argentine National Team after the title obtained in the Qatar 2022 World Cup is indisputable, the Argentine star has been vital, and key in obtaining some of the points that have his country as the leader of the qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, where the Inter Miami player scored on the previous date against the Ecuadorian National Team in Buenos Aires.

Argentina beat the Paraguayan National Team by a score of 1 to 0 with a score by Nicolas Otamendi at the beginning of the match, a powerful shot with his right foot after a spectacular corner at the start of the match allowed Lionel Scaloni's team to add nine points Of nine possible at the beginning of the CONMEBOL South American Qualifiers, there was an absolute celebration before the more than 84 thousand fans who gathered at the River Plate stadium in the Argentine capital.

In the final minutes of the match that would end with an Argentine victory, Lionel Messi and Antonio Sanabria, a Torino footballer, had a strong exchange of words, which unleashed the Argentine's fury, and led to an alleged action by the Guaraní national team player. The image was recorded in all the international TV spotlights, and quickly showed the fury of social networks in support of the world champion with Argentina.

Messi's post-match statements were as follows: "The truth is that I didn't see him. They told me in the locker room that one of them had spit on me. The truth is, I don't even know who this guy is. I didn't see him. They only told me "I also don't want to give importance because he's going to go out and talk everywhere and it's worse. He's going to become known, so it's better to leave it there," said the Argentine star. Following this, his coach Lionel Scalonni also spoke about what happened, mentioning: “I didn't see it. I saw when the boy threw the ball over Leo when he asked for it. "Nothing more...I didn't see it, but if he did, that's wrong, I can't say anything else."

Antonio Sanabria's response after the incident

"I was looking at the image. It seems like I spit it out, but no, nothing to see. It was far away. Nothing happened with Messi. It seems like I spit it out, but nothing to see, it was far away. I totally deny it," said the footballer. the Paraguay team, after the match against the TyC Sports channel.