Lionel Messi did not speak to one of his teammates for three months after a field incident.
Throughout his career, Messi represented Barcelona, PSG, Inter Miami and the Argentine national team, winning trophies wherever he played.
The success escaped him internationally until 2021 Copa America, when Argentina defeated Brazil in the Maracana final.
Argentina also won the World Cup a year later, before keeping its Copa America crown in 2023.
Throughout this period, there was a constant in Messi’s career at the level of the club and of the international level.
He played with the midfielder Leandro Paredes with PSG and Argentina, the two players in fact leaving the French club in the summer of 2023.
PARESDES is now back in his country of origin, having signed for the Giants Argentin Giant Play river earlier this month.
And although he and Messi are now on good terms, there was a moment while they were teammates that things were different.
The midfielder Tell Infobae Earlier this year, the eight time Ballon d’Or refused to speak to him for “about three months” after something that happened on the field.
PARDES led an insult against an opposition player, he says, but Messi heard him and thought he was rather targeted.
He explained: “We spent about three months without speaking. I spent a terrible time.
“I sent him a message the next day, I sent him a message 15 days later, I said to him:” It was not for you, it was not to offend “. And he did not answer.
“He went for three months without answering. Three months had passed without speaking.
“But no, a phenomenon, because we arrived in the premises the same day. I arrived a little early and it appeared in my room.
“I brushed my teeth. It was very early, and he threw water on me and said to me:” What are you doing so early? “”
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