On November 26, 2022, Argentina beat Mexico 2 to 0 at the World Cup in Qatar. A video from the Argentine dressing room then showed Lionel Messi’s foot moving a Mexican jersey on the floor.
The boxer Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez wrote: “¿Vieron a Messi limpiando el piso con nuestra playera y bandera?” (Did you see Messi cleaning the floor with our jersey and flag?). He added: “¡Que le pida a Dios que no me lo encuentre!” (He had better pray to God that I do not run into him!).
On November 30, Canelo apologized. “Me dejé llevar por la pasión y el amor que siento por mi país” (I let the passion and love I feel for my country carry me away), he wrote. Messi called it “un malentendido” (a misunderstanding).