Argentina hosted a South American qualifier for the 2026 North and Central American World Cup at El Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday. Their opponent was Paraguay.

Argentina defended a Nicolas Otamendi goal in the third minute of the first half to win 1-0. With the win, Argentina became the only team in the 10-nation tournament to go undefeated.

However, one of the more troubling moments of the match occurred after the game. “Lionel Messi stuns fans with most callous response ever to Paraguayan star who spat at him,” British media reported on Thursday.

Messi didn’t start the game; he came on for Julian Alvarez in the eighth minute of the second half to lead Argentina’s attack. However, he was unable to score and the game ended 1-0.

The Paraguayan star that the media pointed to was forward Antonio Sanabria. The 27-year-old striker currently plays in the Italian Serie A for Torino.

Sanabria originally played for Barcelona’s youth team from 2009-13. In August 2013, he was promoted to Barcelona’s B team and made his professional debut on September 29, 2013, as a late substitute against Mallorca.

Messi played for Barcelona’s youth teams from 2000 to 2003 and for the club from then until 2021. It’s almost certain that Messi was a member of the Barca first team when Sanabria made his professional debut. Of course, Messi would have been a ‘senior’. 메이저놀이터

The youngster was caught on camera spitting at Messi after the game and was criticized for it. Instead, Messi took cold blooded revenge, according to media reports.

In the video, Messi is seen glaring angrily at Sanabria after the game. His mouth is clenched tightly. Messi is angry because Sanabria spit on him. Of course, no one saw this happen. However, the video captures Sanabria spitting something in Messi’s direction.

That’s why Sanabria denied that he spat at Messi. “In the video, it looks like I spit, but I was far away from Messi,” he said, “Nothing happened to him. I think I spit something, but it was nothing to see, it was far away,” he said.

But Messi would have none of it. He trampled on it in cold blood. It was the coldest thing the media had ever seen.

“Actually, I didn’t see it,” he said. On the way to the locker room, one of my Paraguayan teammates told me he spit on me,” he said.

“I don’t know who that player was. “I don’t know who he is, I’ve never seen him,” Messi said, adding, “I don’t want to say anything important either, because he’s going to come out and talk about it here and there and it’s going to be worse. It’s better to leave it as it is because then the story will be publicized.”

Fans were stunned by Messi’s response, with some calling it the “coldest answer ever”.

Fans commented on Messi’s callous response with comments such as “This is the coldest answer Messi has ever given,” “This is bad, considering he was in the Barca youth team and even trained with the first team,” “Messi has made him a very bad player,” “At least he (Sanabria) should realize how wrong he is,” and more.