A Man is Divorcing His Wife Because She Wouldn't Stop Mocking His Favorite Player Lionel Messi During the World Cup
A Russian man is divorcing his wife of 14 years after she criticised Lionel Messi’s performance in the World Cup. Arsen, 40, and Lyudmila, 37, bonded over their shared love of football when they met in a sports bar in Chelyabinsk, Russia, during the 2002 tournament. They wed less than two years later despite the fact they were fans of rival Moscow football teams – and he backs Barcelona while she supports Real Madrid. And it was Arsen’s love for Argentine striker Messi and his wife’s preference for his biggest rival Cristiano Ronaldo that ended their marriage last week, afi.ru reports.
He said that he and his wife regularly joke with one another about Messi and Ronaldo – but this World Cup provided ‘the last straw.’ Arsen said Argentina’s disappointing debut during the World Cup this year led to his wife mocking the player’s performance. He ignored her – but when he was celebrating Messi’s goal against Nigeria, he snapped when his wife began mocking the star player again. ‘From the very beginning of the World Cup, Lyudmila constantly mocked me and my beloved player, saying that he played poorly and couldn’t even score an important penalty in the game with Iceland,’ he told the newspaper.
Arsen and Lyudmila have been happily married for 14 years. They met at a sports bar during the 2002 World Cup and bonded over their love of the beautiful game. The article says they jokingly mock each other when they watch games since he is a big Messi fan and she loves Ronaldo. Well, this wasn’t the best World Cup for either party, but Messi’s start was an unmitigated disaster. It was the Argentinian’s PK miss in the group stage that ruined Arsen for good.
This was the actual straw that broke the camel’s back. This was all going on while Ronaldo was scoring a billion goals against his competition in the group stage. Arsen couldn’t take it anymore and fled the house. The next day, he filed for divorce, all because Messi missed a kick. Fourteen years, down the drain.
This is how much soccer means to people in Europe. You mock someone else’s favorite player and it could very well mean divorce or even death. I know the LeBron and MJ debate rages on every waning second in the states, but I don’t see any marriages ending because of it. I don’t see Skip Bayless leaving his wife Ernestine because she mocked MJ.
To be honest, if I dated a Red Sox fan (would never happen) and she mocked me about Aaron Judge and Giancarlo while shoving Mookie Betts down my throat during every head to head game then I might leave her too. I like women that enjoy going to ball games, but don’t know the player’s backstories and OPS on the road. That way we can avoid any kind of situation like the one between Arsen and Lyudmila.