David Beckham booed as angry fans in Hong Kong chant 'refund' after Lionel Messi sat out Inter Miami friendly | 3U3R453 | 2024-02-04 16:08:01
David Beckham was booed by irate fans in Hong Kong after Lionel Messi failed to seem in a friendly for Inter Miami.
After enjoying Saudi Pro League sides Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr this week, Inter Miami continued their lucrative pre-season tour of Saudi Arabia and the Far East with a recreation towards a Hong Kong XI on Sunday evening.
The Hong Kong Stadium was full of 38,323 supporters who have been all expecting to catch a glimpse of Messi in motion, with some paying in excess of two,000 Hong Kong dollars (£200) for a ticket.
Inter Miami ran out snug 4-1 winners but Messi, who is managing a hamstring damage, sat on the bench for all the recreation.
Messi's identify was chanted all through the second half but supporters started to jeer and boo within the last 10 minutes of the game when it turned clear that Argentina's World Cup winner wouldn't make an appearance.
Beckham, who's one among Inter Miami's co-owners, addressed the hostile crowd to thank them for an 'unimaginable welcome' however the former England captain was drowned out by the boos and shouts of 'refund' from supporters contained in the stadium.
</div></figure> </div> A fan who attended the sport advised CNN after leaving the Hong Kong Stadium: 'I'm very disillusioned as everybody else right here is.
'Nevertheless, I'm not super disenchanted he didn't play as a result of I do know he's suffering from damage and he needs more relaxation.'
When requested about followers chanting for a refund, the supporter replied: 'I didn't like that at all. I expected it but I didn't like it.
'I wish it didn't continue for therefore lengthy, I feel they acquired the message.
'David heard it, I couldn't hear what Beckham was saying at all as a result of the boos have been so loud.
'Tickets weren't low cost, costliest football tickets in Hong Kong, I consider. Mine was HKD 2,280 (£222).'
Meanwhile, Inter Miami head coach Tata Martino acknowledged the frustration from the supporters in Hong Kong but claimed the 'danger was too massive' with Messi and Luis Suarez, who also remained on the bench.
'We're thankful to Hong Kong for the previous few days, we have now been treated very properly and felt the openness of the Hong Kong individuals,' Martino stated.
'We also loved in the present day in the stadium, but perceive there's a whole lot of disappointment among fans due to the absence of Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.
'This has been the decision of the medical workforce, we now have checked their physical state of affairs, and if we despatched them on the pitch, we might have risked their physical nicely being.
'We understand followers are very disenchanted and we ask for their forgiveness. We wish we might have sent them on the pitch for some time to play, however the danger was too massive.'
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