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Boxing star Canelo Alvarez threatens Lionel Messi after World Cup ‘disrespect’ on Mexico

Related Topics: Lionel Messi, Argentina

Last Saturday, Argentina beat Mexico 2-0 in their Group C match at the World Cup. One of those goals were scored by Lionel Messi, who then drew some controversy soon after for his post-game celebration.

In a clip that has since gone viral, the football superstar was being accused of kicking a Mexico jersey and jumping on it as he celebrated.

It all looked like unnecessary drama, as Messi didn’t step on the Jersey, and seemingly only unintentionally hit it a little as he was removing his shoe. That didn’t stop a lot of people from getting very angry and irrational though, including a certain boxing superstar from Mexico.