After Argentina's loss to Brazil in a Copa America
semi-final game marred by controversial refereeing, Lionel Messi, Argentina's
captain, hit out at CONMEBOL and the tournament as a whole, and also after
being controversially sent off in the third-place play-off with Chile. Messi
claimed the game officials had been favoring tournament hosts, Brazil,
throughout the Copa.
CONMEBOL reacted indirectly, qualifying Messi's rant as
"unacceptable".
Messi's long-tie Barcelona team-mate, Dani Alves, who won
player of the tournament at the Copa America also criticized Messi, reiterating
that Messi remains a dear friend, but still believes Messi was wrong.
"A friend is not always right just because he's a
friend. You can say it in the heat of the moment, but I still won't
agree," Alves told SporTV's 'Bem Amigos'.
"Firstly, he's disrespecting an institution such as the
Selecao, in my view. Secondly, he's being disrespectful with several
professionals who put a lot of things aside so they could be there fighting for
a dream.
"I'm a friend who always tells the truth when it's due,
and I think he was wrong for saying these things."
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