The other side of Messi

Translated from a Dutch news story today:

LIVERPOOL ? Royston Drenthe doesn't have a good word to say about Lionel Missi. The Everton midfielder has only bad experiences with the Argentinian maestro.

?I've played against him a lot and we've always had a problem with each other.?, said Drenthe in the latest edition of Helden. He regularly faced Barcelona during his time in Spain.

?Do you know what irritates me the most? The tone in which he always called me ?negro, negro?. I understand that negro is quite normal to use in South America but we can't stand it.?

?Mahamadou Diarra, my team-mate at Real, could explode if they called him negro. The Argentinians Gabriel Heinze and Gonzalo Higuain used the word a lot at first, also at the Real Madrid training sessions, but they stopped using it.?

According to Drenthe, that wasn't the case with Messi, with whom he last clashed two years ago.

?We (Hercules Alicante) won that year in Barcelona. During the game I had another little run in with him. Before the game he shook my hand, but during the game it was ?hola negro? again a few times.?

?After the game I refused to shake his hand. No, he won't invite me to his birthday party.?

Posted By: Steve in Holland on May 8th 2012 at 15:34:02

Message Thread

The other side of Messi (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 8, 15:34:02
- Drenthe has problems with everyone. I'm not surprised he's lashing out at someone else new (n/m) (Other Football) - Only1Doherty, May 8, 15:42:35
  - Yeah, and Suarez was just misunderstood too. (n/m) (Other Football) - King, May 8, 16:23:05
  - innit, couldn't play home games cos the Real crowd made him nervous (Other Football) - pants, May 8, 15:51:51
  - Oh Drenthe's a tosser as well, but that doesn't make it right (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 8, 15:44:05
    - negro is what Argies and Uruguayans call white people too (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 16:08:35
      - That's a bit odd (Other Football) - duke of york, May 8, 16:13:11
        
        "not South American" by the sound of it (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 8, 16:15:49
        
        they say it's a term of affection (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 8, 16:17:14
        
        It really is just a word in the Spanish speaking world (Other Football) - Brandonio, May 8, 16:27:54
        
        No excuse though is it ? I might say cunt on here, but I won't say it in the office (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 8, 16:30:55
        
        Certainly a lack of cultural ignorance involved (Other Football) - Brandonio, May 8, 16:36:32
        
        even now not even then (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, May 8, 16:37:23
        
        But what we are missing is that they aren't living in S. America. My Dutch friends don't (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 8, 16:39:23
        
        whats that staring thing all about then? (Other Football) - Only1Doherty, May 8, 16:44:17
        
        Most latin countries don't really have much anti-black sentiment (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 17:47:30
        
        so why is it used against people like evra and drenthe (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 8, 16:30:21
        
        Even if it was, it would be a bit patronising don't you think ? Matey ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 8, 16:27:30
      - surely they've been told it's offensive to the rest of the world (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, May 8, 16:12:30
        
        Good job his own fans stopped singing Everton Are White recently then (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, May 8, 16:16:29
        
        haha yes (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 17:48:27

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