World Cup 2022: Barcelona Enters Trouble with Fans After Messi Tweet

• Barcelona angered its fans following one of the club’s tweets about Lionel Messi during the World Cup finals against France
• Messi scored a brace as Argentina cruised to the World Cup title in Qatar defeating the defending champions 4-2 via penalties
• Messi spent 17 years at Barcelona before leaving the Catalan giants following the expiration of his contract to join Paris Saint-Germain in 2021

Some Barcelona fans are angry with the club after they felt the Catalan giants disrespected some of their players with a Lionel Messi tweet during the World Cup finals.

Barcelona’s Twitter account tweeted an Argentine flag after Lionel Messi scored in the final to give La Albiceleste the lead against France which led to a backlash from fans.

Many responses argued that it was unjust of the club to tweet this given that they had no Argentine players competing in the final but have two French players, Ousmane Dembele and Jules Kounde, Football Espana reports.

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Messi who spent 17 years at Barcelona before joining Paris Saint-Germain in 2021, also scored in extra-time to take his total tally at the 2022 World Cup to 7 goals.

Argentina would proceed to win the World Cup finals via penalties as Lionel Messi won football’s most coveted trophy for the first time in his career.

Messi wants to continue with Argentina

Meanwhile, Lionel Messi wants to carry on playing for Argentina after inspiring the South American nation to their first World Cup victory since 1986 in an enthralling final versus France, Sky Sports reports.

The 35-year-old has now hinted that he will not be retiring from international despite initially suggesting the 2022 World Cup could be his last for Argentina.

Messi scored twice for Argentina in Sunday's thrilling World Cup final over France as the game ended 3-3 after extra-time.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported Paris Saint-Germain can boast that they have a World Cup winner and a World Cup runner-up in their squad.

The French side knew that one of their stars would return with the trophy, but they never imagined that the final would be such an epic battle between their two stars.

Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick in the game and converted a penalty in the shootout, while Lionel Messi scored two goals and also scored in the shootout.