Messi set for stateside Argentina friendlies, world champions fill gap left by Chinese call-offs after Hong Kong fiasco
The Argentine Football Association [AFA] has confirmed its world champion national team will play two friendly matches in the USA next month, after a pair of fixtures in China were axed following Lionel Messi’s ill-starred visit to Hong Kong. The breadth and scale of the backlash against Messi, following his non-participation when Inter Miami faced …