Chinese Fans Welcome Lionel Messi to Beijing for Argentina Friendly: Fury and Excitement Flows

2023-06-10 14:31:32

Fury of hundreds of Chinese fans for the arrival of Lionel Messi to Beijing, in his private plane, where he joined the Argentine team, with whom he will play a friendly Thursday vs. Australia in it Workers Stadiumrecently renovated and with a capacity of 68,000 spectators.

Messi arrived in China this morning accompanied by Ángel Di María, Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Enzo Fernández and Nahuel Molina. It is the seventh time that Leo visits that country. The last time was in 2017.

The friendly match will be the return of international football to the Asian giant after three years of sanitary restrictions by covid that emptied stadiums and caused a spate of cancellations of sports competitions.

It will also be the first match played by Messi after leave psg and announce that he will continue his career in the Inter Miami. The selection led by Lionel Scaloni will play the 19th of June another friendly match against Indonesia in She fought within the framework of this Asian tour.

Messi fans with welcome signs. Image: AFP

Hundreds of fans waited for the Argentine captain

Hundreds of fans waited at the Beijing airport with national team shirtswith the number 10, the name of the greatest in history and shouting “Messi! ¡Messi!”. Meanwhile, many others waited in front of the hotel where the Argentine players who arrived earlier along with the coaching staff are staying. And a group got into the lobby with signs that said “Leo welcome to Beijing. I love you” and some t-shirt of the Barcelona.

The arrival in China of the captain of the world champions in Qatar 2022 was the most talked about on the Chinese social network, Weibo. “I want yes or yes to see Messi“, “TI still feel the emotion of the match that consecrated Argentina in the World Cup“, were some of the thousands of comments that were shared.

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