translated from Spanish: Maduro wept with Messi’s departure from Barcelona: “Our solidarity with his tears”

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he cried with Lionel Messi’s farewell from Barcelona after the club and the Argentine failed to reach an agreement to renew his contract.” How ugly what they did to him, I cried with him when I saw him crying, I cried because he is a good, authentic boy and a great sporting glory of the world,” said Maduro, who participated in an event with the Venezuelan athletes who traveled to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. All our love and solidarity with Messi’s tears,” said the president, who predicted that, at PSG, Messi “is going to take the thorn out and be champion of champions.” The Venezuelan president criticized the Culé board for the way they treated the Argentine: “What the board of Fútbol Club Barcelona did to him has no name. They kicked Messi.” He said: “If they’re able to do that to Messi, then they’re able to do it with anyone. They use it, they become billionaires, they campaign for years and then they kick it.” Maduro’s affection for Messi comes from the relationship that united the head of state with Diego Maradona. “He always told us about Messi with admiration, with affection. Maradona and we love and admire him.”

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