Fuming fans alter Messi shirts after wasting hundreds of dollars to watch Miami vs Vancouver for World Cup winner to be a no show Irate fans taped over Messi's name and wrote crude messages on their jerseys Messi, Luis Suarez, and Sergio Busquets all didn't make the trip to Canada READ MORE: DC United soccer star SLAMMED over Lionel Messi interaction By Jake Fenner Published: 22:51 BST, 26 May 2024 | Updated: 22:53 BST, 26 May 2024 e-mail View comments Furious soccer fans in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada were left feeling spurned after Inter Miami stars Lionel Messi , Luis Suarez , and Sergio Busquets did not play against the Vancouver Whitecaps . Rumors turned to reality when the trio didn't take the field at BC Place, with the team deciding to rest the stars. Fans vocalized their anger - producing signs and even wearing Inter Miami jerseys with Messi's name altered in protest.
One photo captured three men who changed their jerseys with tape and a marker: one said 'Missing', another said 'No Messi Around', while a third took a more vulgar route by writing out 'P***y'. Other fans held up signs - including one spurned fan who came from Hong Kong , who missed his second chance of seeing Messi after the Argentine didn't play in the Chinese province earlier this year. Fans in Vancouver were irate when Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez didn't show up to play Some who had gone to see the Whitecaps play Inter Miami altered their Messi jerseys A defiant head coach Tata Martino defen.