It often happens that no one likes to be reminded of their own sins when they are judging the mistakes of others. That happened this Sunday in Argentina with the coach Marcelo Gallardowho after River Plate’s 4-0 victory over Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, answered a question about the whistles of the PSG fans to Lionel Messi.
Gallardo, River’s successful coach, played for several years in France during his time as an active footballer. Even defended the shirt of Paris Saint Germainso you know the idiosyncrasy of the fans of the French capital.
In Argentina the booing of Messi has been a scandal, Well, in PSG they consider him one of those responsible for the elimination in the Champions League. Of course, in his country Messi is an idol, he has just won the Copa América in Brazil and they dream of him winning the next World Cup in Qatar at the end of the year.
However, the ‘Doll’ Gallardo surprised with his answer on the subject, and surely his words did not go down very well in Argentina, as the coach recalled that Messi already had lived similar moments in his own country.
“We also mistreat Messi a lot, let’s not play patriots now Hey. I have listened to many people. We mistreated Messi quite a bit before he resigned from the National Team, thank God he repented and came back. Let’s remember tooGallardo pointed out.
And although Messi was not surprised by the whistles, Gallardo assured that he does not share this type of claim, but that the fans are fully entitled: “I understand that in other places they also live football in a different way and if they have to fail, they fail that way. I don’t share it at all. In football those things don’t surprise me”, he commented.
Gallardo was asked about Messi’s whistles at PSG and he replied: “We mistreat him a lot too. Now let’s not play patriotic. I don’t share it at all.” pic.twitter.com/V4nGPAtUxD
— TyC Sports (@TyCSports) March 14, 2022
