The Canadian Soccer Federation (CSA) issued a statement expressing disappointment and condemning those who insulted defender Moise Bombito on social networks, just because this player fouled Messi in the opening match of Copa America on June 21. .
Bombito made an extremely dangerous tackle in the 83rd minute of the Copa America opening match between Argentina’s 2-0 win over Canada, causing Messi to collapse on the field writhing in pain. Many viewers are worried that this famous player will suffer a serious injury and miss the tournament when he just played his debut match.
The Argentinian press also spoke out about the incident of fans insulting Canadian team player Bombito
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On social networks, many criticisms immediately appeared aimed at Bombito, a 24-year-old defender who plays for Colorado Rapids Club in the MLS (USA). Many people even went to this player’s Instagram social network profile page to post insults, threats and racist behavior.
CSA immediately issued a statement to defend Bombito: “The Canadian team is aware of and saddened by the racist comments directed at one of our players after tonight’s match (June 21, time Vietnam). We have contacted CONCACAF and CONMEBOL (the two football bodies in North, Central America and the Caribbean and South America that co-organize Copa America 2024) to take note of this issue.”
For his part, player Bombito also spoke up with a message posted on his Instagram account: “In my beautiful country of Canada, there is no place for that nonsense.”
Messi had many interactions with Canadian players after the match
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Meanwhile, Messi and the other players of the Argentina team did not have any criticism aimed at the Canadian players for playing too fiercely. After the match, players from both teams happily exchanged shirts with each other. There were two Canadian players who received shirts from Messi: defenders Alphonso Davies and Kamal Miller (who played for Inter Miami).
“We knew it was going to be a very difficult game. The Canadian team came out strong, and they did it to make things difficult for us everywhere on the field. All of our opponents played beyond their ability.” My ability when they faced us. This also partly caused me to miss many opportunities to score, partly because I was not really calm in the ball in the penalty area. For me, the final result is important and we won the opening match. Everything will need to improve even more in the next match,” Messi expressed.
The remaining match in Group A between Chile (red shirt) and Peru tied 0-0
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After the victory over Team Canada on the opening day, Messi and his teammates had a day off in Atlanta City, before flying to New Jersey on June 22 to prepare for the next match against Chile at 8:00 a.m. on June 26 at MetLife Stadium. in New Jersey.
In Group A, after Argentina won 2-0 against Canada, in the remaining match, Chile (who won the Copa America twice in a row in 2015 and 2016) drew with Peru with a score of 2-0. 0-0 on June 22. After the first round, Argentina leads with 3 points, while Chile and Peru (both 1 point) are behind. The Canadian team ranked last with no points.
