10 - Lionel Messi - v2

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[Mitchell1978]

I don't know for sure but in these cases, If settling, Messi hasn't proven the accusations against him were wrong. Therefore in my eyes he's not proven his innocence ( whether he knew about it or not).

Its innocent unless proven guilty, everybody deserves the benefit of the doubt, certainly Messi.

 

[Luftstalag14]

Apparently the ticket sales of the Chicago game were quite bad, only 25,000 of them were sold. I guess Messi is not that popular in the US huh?

 

[Mitchell1978]

25.0000 for a charity game seems quite ok to me

 

[mixer]

25.0000 for a charity game seems quite ok to me

?? 250.000 or 25.000 you put a dot in the wrong place or added too much zeros.

 

[Mitchell1978]

25 thousand tickets sold...

doesn't seem bad to me

 

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[Luftstalag14]

25 thousand tickets sold...

doesn't seem bad to me

From what I was reading, Messi and his management were expecting more...

 

[CatalinR10]

Maybe the ticket price was high ?

 

[Luftstalag14]

Maybe the ticket price was high ?

They were saying that the Chicago organizers offered half off to get more sales but still... And I read Messi was both cheered and booed when he was subbed off.

 

[unknowngenius10]

Its innocent unless proven guilty, everybody deserves the benefit of the doubt, certainly Messi.

That only works for people who go on trial. In Messi's case, Even though he won't go on trial, he still takes full responsibility of the accusations and accepts them. He will pay what he owes plus penalties. In other words, by doing this, Messi automatically pleads guilty without going on trial.
It's like a drunk driver. He's technically innocent until proven guilty( he still has to go to court to fight off the evidence if he chooses to). But most of the time, these people plead guilty without going on trial ( it is almost impossible to fight against the evidence). They still pay penalties though because they have automatically assumed the blame for the wrongdoing.They just did it without going on trial.

 

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[BerkeleyBernie]

Apparently the ticket sales of the Chicago game were quite bad, only 25,000 of them were sold. I guess Messi is not that popular in the US huh?

Did you watch the game? It's not really soccer, just like watching a bunch of guys playing pick-up down at the park. Fine for the kids and family, but not interesting for the soccer fan.

The off-season friendlies here between major European clubs sell out.

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

The guy who scored that bycicle kick was some student, amateur football player. I think he'll get some offers from few MLS clubs, at least for tests. He played because some players couldn't arrive

He is the top all-time scorer for a major university team.

http://www.nusports.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/070713aab.html

 

[Elite-BkD]

Went to see him play at Soldier Field for his charity match. Obviously not at all the same as a competitive match but it was awesome to see him. Henry as well, he was definitely having some fun out there.
Must say, fans in the states are hilarious, Messi had a big round of applause for his first touch and I could hear a bunch of people seated near me screaming at him to shoot right away (from like 40+yds with defenders in front of him) and there was an awful lot of booing when he passed the ball for the first ten minutes or so, seems like half the crowd had only ever seen him on youtube before. Good times though, makes me really want to see him play in Barcelona now.