Lionel Messi Absent, Match Tickets Not Sell!

Lionel Messi missed the friendly Argentine national team against Chile in Los Angeles on Friday (6/9) morning WIB. Panpel was confused because the tickets they provided were not sold.ar
Canadian television and season producer Rodger Champagne, who became a panel of friendly matches, admitted that he was dizzy due to the lack of enthusiasm of residents to buy tickets for the Chile friendly match against Argentina to be held at the LA Memorial Coliseum stadium. It has been managed for four months, but up to 77,500 tickets have not been purchased.

"After doing this, I think I would rather run for the Canadian Prime Minister. Managing the country seems easier than promoting this football match," Champagne said in an ironic tone, the LA Times reported.

This happened, especially after Messi, a player who was originally expected to increase the interest of many people to come see the stadium, had to go through CONMEBOL sanctions related to a ban on playing in international football for two months. As a result, more than 70 thousand tickets are stacked in the window and the panel does not have sweet words to persuade people to buy it, without Lionel Messi.


According to Champagne, he must be able to fill half the capacity of the audience at the Coliseum stadium. But until Tuesday (4/9), local time in the morning, only about 10 thousand tickets were sold.

This condition is very different from the ticket sheets sold for friendly matches between the Brazilian national team against Peru, in the same stadium, Wednesday (9/11) WIB tomorrow. According to Champagne, 30 thousand tickets have been sold for this Selecao match.

What causes

The reason, even according to the promoter, the Argentine national team will compete without Messi, Sergio Agüero, Angel Di Maria and almost all the top level players that we often hear. While Brazil will bring Neymar, Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson, including Dani Alves and Roberto Firmino.

The loss suffered by Champagne due to the absence of Lionel Messi, is said to reach seven points. Meanwhile, Relevent Sports Group, based in New York, which organizes the matches of the Brazilian national team, benefits fairly even though it is classified as small. "A stadium, two matches, two very different results," he said.

"I just want to sit here and cry with a glass of beer in my hand. But I will not do it. This is a political world that I do not understand. Now we have to go through this disappointment, I want to focus on what we produce," he added.

In addition, Champagne, who had to divide her time between British Columbia and Los Angeles, had just taken a job to manage Argentina's friendly match against Chile after the previous organizer retired. As a result, he and his company, Hit Song Productions, only had four months to develop a promotion plan, with little knowledge and no experience in the world of football.

It turned out that "a lot was wrong" if Messi did not strengthen the Argentine national team. So said Champagne.

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