Messi claims Uruguay players should learn to 'respect from their elders'

After losing 2-0 at home to Uruguay, Argentina captain Lionel Messi was hurt and criticised the youngsters of the 'Celeste', telling them that, although intensity characterises these matches, there was always respect.
"I prefer not to say what I think about some gestures. But these young people have to learn to respect from their elders. This game was always intense and hard but always with a lot of respect. They have to learn a little bit," said the Ballon d'Or winner.
The match had several clashes, especially in the first half, following a foul on attacker Nicolas Gonzalez. Several players were involved in a brawl in which the Inter Miami player was visibly angry.
Argentina had never lost an official match at La Bombonera and had not conceded a goal since Kylian Mbappe's hat trick in the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. That's why the level of their opponents and the impossibility of playing their style of play threw Lionel Scaloni's players off their stride.