Luis Suarez presents the 2021 BallonDor to Lionel Messi during the 2021 Ballon d'Or award ceremony at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on November 29, 2021.
It's sad to see this photos but after all we know about Messi in my opinion i feel he reacted like that because of the pressure that is under him to play well and most off all to do is first goal as a PSG player and he felt that if played more could have done more for the team.
We all have to agree is not the same as play for Barcelona something he did the last 20 years, its all new and can take time.
Lionel Messi cries tears of joy after finally celebrating Copa America with Argentinian people
“I have peace of mind of having achieved the dream that has been denied to me so many times. It was like a dream, a spectacular moment. I couldn’t believe it had happened. I enjoy watching the images now more than at the time as I was in a daze. I didn’t quite understand what was happening.”
“ A part of the media treated us as failures, saying that we didn’t feel the [responsibility] of wearing the jersey, that we shouldn’t be in the national team. We tried to be champions before, we were the first ones to want to. It’s very difficult to win a World Cup or a Copa America. At the time they didn’t value what we did, they only put emphasis on the fact that we didn’t achieve the aim. The important thing is to feel satisfied that you have given your all…luckily, the last time [final] was different.”
“ Everything I won was important and beautiful, but this was the most difficult because I went through many things … it was knock after knock”
“I finally had happy holidays from the first day to the last. Before I was bitter and now it was different from start to finish. My children sing Argentina songs all the time, they remember the final against Brazil, and for me it’s spectacular to see how they enjoy that. Every other minute they tell me: ‘Dad, you were champion’ I can’t explain it. I would have loved for my family to be at the Copa America, but they were unable to be present at any game, even the final. It was a bit the price we had to pay. We were champions just when they couldn’t be there.”
Lionel Messi has become the all-time leading goalscorer (79 goals) in South American CONMEBOL history after his hat-trick during FIFA World Cup World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires on September 9, 2021.