{"id":299648,"date":"2023-11-17T11:23:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T11:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=299648"},"modified":"2023-11-17T11:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T11:23:52","slug":"lionel-messi-says-uruguay-need-to-learn-respect-after-ugarte-gesture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/lionel-messi-says-uruguay-need-to-learn-respect-after-ugarte-gesture\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi says Uruguay need to &apos;learn respect&apos; after Ugarte gesture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte appears to call Rodrigo De Paul &#8216;Lionel Messi&#8217;s c**k sucker&#8217; in fiery World Cup qualifier, as Argentina suffer their first defeat since lifting the World Cup<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Argentina suffered a shock 2-0 home defeat to Uruguay in World Cup qualifying\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Manuel Ugarte was seen making an obscene gesture towards Rodrigo De Paul\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Southgate&#8217;s loyalty to his players is an issue and a weakness &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte made an obscene gesture towards Rodrigo De Paul during an ill-tempered World Cup qualifier on Thursday night as Argentina suffered a shock 2-0 home defeat.<\/p>\n<p>In the first half of the clash in Buenos Aires, Ugarte got into an exchange with De Paul where he appeared to call him &#8216;Lionel Messi&#8217;s c**k sucker&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture drew an angry reaction from De Paul, and it was not the only time that tempers threatened to boil over, as Messi had to be held back after putting his hands on the throat of Mathias Olivera.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Ronaldo Aruajo and Liverpool&#8217;s Darwin Nunez handed Argentina their first defeat since lifting the World Cup last December, but Messi was in mood to congratulate their opponents afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the eight-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner called for Uruguay&#8217;s players to &#8216;learn respect&#8217; following the fiery encounter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/08\/77921601-12761123-image-a-6_1700211456435.jpg\" height=\"341\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte was seen making an obscene gesture to\u00a0Rodrigo de Paul<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/09\/77916053-12761123-Lionel_Messi_put_his_hands_around_the_throat_of_Uruguay_s_Mathia-a-9_1700211716706.jpg\" height=\"506\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Messi had avoided being sent off for put his hands around the throat of Mathias Olivera\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/08\/77921605-12761123-image-a-7_1700211460053.jpg\" height=\"341\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Messi claimed post-match that Uruguay needed to learn respect after the bad tempered clash<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Araujo and Darwin Nunez struck for Uruguay as Marcelo Bielsa&#8217;s side upset the hosts in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These kinds of games, qualifiers, against Uruguay, it&#8217;s always like that,&#8217; Messi told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I prefer not to say what I think. Young people have to learn to respect from their elders.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;These games are always intense but very respectful, so they have to learn a little.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The defeat was Argentina&#8217;s first at home since losing 1-0 to Paraguay in 2016, also during World Cup qualifying.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/08\/77921649-12761123-image-a-8_1700211489401.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi and Argentina saw their unbeaten run ended up Uruguay in a bad-tempered game<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/09\/77916395-12761123-Argentina_lost_2_0_to_their_rivals_their_first_loss_at_La_Bombon-a-10_1700211755944.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Argentina lost 2-0 to their rivals &#8211; their first loss at La Bombonera since a 1977 friendly<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/09\/77921843-12761123-image-a-11_1700211787265.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez was on target for Uruguay in a memorable win over Argentina<\/p>\n<p>Argentina had not lost at La Bombonera since a 3-1 loss to Germany in a friendly in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>The world champions remain top of the World Cup qualifying standings in South America, with\u00a012 points from five matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Uruguay moved up to second following their victory with Bielsa&#8217;s side on 10 points, followed by Colombia and Venezuela on nine and eight, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina will travel to face arch-rivals Brazil on November 21, with the hosts having suffered successive defeats to lie fifth in the standings.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12761123\/Lionel-Messi-Uruguay-respect-Manuel-Ugarte-obscene-gesture.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte appears to call Rodrigo De Paul &#8216;Lionel Messi&#8217;s c**k sucker&#8217; 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