Canelo Álvarez has walked back a stern warning he issued to Argentina soccer legend Lionel Messi.
Japanese soccer fans show amazing sportsmanship at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar by picking up stadium litter win or lose.he issued to Argentina soccer legend Lionel Messi, whom he had accused of disrespecting Mexico following a match Saturday.
The Mexican boxer had taken exception after a video posted on social media following Argentina's 2-0 victory over Mexico showed a green Mexican jersey by Messi's feet. The video, taken during the postgame locker room celebration, showed that Messi brushed his feet against the jersey as he tried to remove his cleats.
"These past few days, I let myself get carried away with the passion and love I feel for my country and made comments that were out of line and for which I want to apologize to Messi and the people of Argentina," Álvarez wrote in his tweet posted Wednesday afternoon."Every day we learn something new and this time it was my turn."
Estos últimos días me dejé llevar por la pasión y el amor que siento por mi país e hice comentarios que estuvieron fuera de lugar por lo que quiero disculparme con Messi y la gente de Argentina. Todos los días aprendemos algo nuevo y esta vez me tocó a mí.In a subsequent tweet, Álvarez offered his support to both teams in the final matches of their Group C schedule, which are taking place simultaneously Wednesday.
"I wish both teams all the best in their matches today and we'll keep supporting Mexico here until the end," he wrote.Poland and Argentina are atop the group with Saudi Arabia and Mexico at the bottom. The top two teams will advance to the next round. Mexico, despite facing long odds, is not eliminated from moving on to the knockout stage, thoughOn Saturday, after the video had posted online, Álvarez, 32, had taken to Twitter to accuse Messi of dishonoring Mexico.
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