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[–] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t get the whole thing of people being upset about Messi. People are mad he tried to tell the ref what Cucurella said? That’s really not that bad or—what I heard—“unsportsmanlike.” How so?

[–] PromKingJosh@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Messi wasn't telling the ref what Cucurella said. Covering your mouth while speaking is a red card offense because players would say slurs and didn't want others to be able to lip-read. Cucurella wasn't doing that, he briefly tapped his lips to gesture that his teammate got hit in the mouth. Messi raised his hand as if Cucurella covered his mouth to say a slur - to get him sent off the pitch and get an unfair advantage.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not to mention, the time messi was about to get smoked sprinting for the ball and shoved the kid hard enough the kid nearly face planted.

Shoulda been a yellow at least, but naw. They just cut back to replays of someone accidentally coming down on Argentinian feet.

I will never understand why people think Messi is a role model- he’s always riding the edge of unsportsmanlike conduct and he gets to go out further than anyone else. (He’s constantly trying to draw fouls or goes into an aggressive challenge and pretends he got fouled. Worse than fucking Aron Rodgers. “But he touched me! ME!”)