‘When you want’ – players forced to intervene after Lionel Messi’s cold response to Edinson Cavani’s fighting offer

Do not be fooled by the small frame and the football charm of Lionel Messi.

Argentina’s superstar would not be among the best players of all time without some fire in the belly.

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His nation’s career towards 2022 World Cup Glory It was characterized by antagonistic moments, fed by that famous football passion in South America.

But before Messi faced Wout Weghorst, Louis Van Gaal and every Holland – It was Edinson Cavani who was offered by the Legend of Barcelona.

Argentina and Uruguay share one of the most emblematic rivalries of the game, in an accessory that has played more than any other.

They will meet again on March 21 for a six -point World Cup qualification, with Argentina at the top of the current Conmeboly and Uruguay Segundo classification.

The qualifiers are a different ball game in South America, where competition for the places of the World Cup is notoriously fierce.

Combine this with some of the most hostile atmospheres in all sport, and it is easy to see why these occasions are sometimes boiled.

While Messi continues to share a close friendship with the legend of Uruguay, Luis Suárez, a teammate from Barcelona and Inter Miami, those feelings do not extend to Celeste.

In 2019, during what was described as a “friendly”, Messi was involved in several blacked exchanges with his Uruguayan counterparts.

After being forced to travel in a series of challenges in the first half, a lack of neighboring Matias turned out that Cavani told Messi that ‘fights against’.

The Argentine responded by saying: “When you want.”

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The captain of Uruguay, Diego Godin, was seen intervening and trying to calm things, but according to the reports, the argument continued in the tunnel halfway while both players exchanged insults.

The game would end 2-2 after Messi scored a penalty in the detention time.

Speaking later, the former United Cavani striker said: “It’s part of football, the classics are like that.

“The truth is that sometimes it was a game that had friction, there were challenges and things that are part of football, especially of the South American (football).

“We took positive of our performance and the fact that we could score two goals. We still need to improve, but it is good to finish the year like that.”

Messi would be found again at the Hostilities Center between the two nations in 2023.

Lionel Messi record against Uruguay

Uruguay beat Argentina 2-0 in its first defeat from the Qatar World Cup, but Rodrigo de Paul and Manuel Ugarte robbed the headlines of causing a mass fight.

Ugarte, now in Man United, was seen pointing to an insult to De Paul that made a raw reference on Messi.

Speaking later, Messi told the Red Devils midfielder to “learn respect.”

“It’s normal.

“I prefer not to say what I think. Young people have to learn to respect their elders.

“This classic was always intense, hard, but always with much respect. They have to learn a little.”

With Argentina and Messi ready to face Uruguay and then Brazil in the same week, who said the international rest was boring?