Lewandowski once approached Messi after Argentina’s decisive win over Poland in the 1/8 round and asked to chat with him. The well-known Argentinean, though, made the decision to ignore him and allow his opponent to regain the lead. That dispute started because of Messi’s persistent sulking at Lewandowski, which began at the beginning of 2021, and did not occur during the game.

Messi momentarily ignored Lewandowski

At that time, Lewandowski was honored by FIFA as the Best Player of 2020. Lewandowski was a serious contender for that year’s Golden Ball as well, but the crisis prevented the prize from going to him.

Notably, Messi declared that he believed Lewy should receive the honor. However, he abstained from voting for Lewandowski in the Best Player competition that year. Lewandowski expressed amazement at seeing this and remarked, “He asked for the Golden Ball for me, but he didn’t vote for me.”

Messi was offended by that statement. Messi recently expressed dissatisfaction on ESPN, saying, “I’m upset with Lewandowski’s statements.” Because I truly felt what I said about him when I won the Ballon d’Or. And I was genuinely offended that he said that about me. I felt that what he said was improper, and I was furious.

Messi said he was over his resentment of Lewy.That clarifies Messi’s negative attitude during the Poland game. He resisted Lewandowski’s persistent attempts to urge him to turn aside. Television cameras caught what was probably one of the most embarrassing moments of Lewandowski’s career.

Messi later acknowledged that the two stars’ animosity did not last long. “We had a conversation. We also concur that everything was misunderstood.