Since he began to emerge as a dribbler and as one of the fastest and most effective players in the world, Lionel Messi has had to suffer endless harassment from all the defenses in the world, becoming the target of multiple kicks and fouls per game.
That is not something exclusive to Messi, because the same thing happens to all good dribblers, Neymar, Vinicius or Ronaldo are also examples of this rule. However, there are fouls that go beyond the limit of being a normal foul, wanting to do damage. That precisely happened to Lionel a little over two years ago.
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It was Argentina vs. Venezuela, in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, when Lionel Messi was fouled so hard that people worried because they were about to finish the Argentine's career. The author of the criminal offense was the defense of Venezuela, Adrián Martínez.
Now, Adrián Martínez plays for Al-Tai, a Saudi Arabian team that he joined for free, after his failure by Always Ready, a Bolivian team. The defender is only 29 years old, but he tries to recover the level that he showed at some point, and tries to revive his career.
He apologized to Messi
“Today I have no words. Those who know me know that I would never go against the physical integrity of a colleague”, added the Venezuelan defender, after the harassment and criticism he experienced after fouling the Paris Saint-Germain striker.
