Messi: that's how Ortega defended him against 'cold-hearted' criticisms.

Lionel Messi suffers the disgrace of not winning a title with the Argentine national team. On Saturday, he lost in the final of the Copa América against Chile and in his country he is called 'cold-hearted' for not standing out in the match.

However, many of his compatriots support him, including Ariel 'Burrito' Ortega, who used his Facebook to defend Lionel Messi.

Ortega, one of the great figures of River Plate, criticized those who label the star as 'cold-hearted' and recalled that Argentina did nothing for Messi in his early years.

This is the message that Ortega published on his Facebook:

“How can I call him 'cold-hearted' to a guy who, when he was 11 years old, injected himself with needles just to fight against an illness? How can I call him 'cold-hearted' to a guy who, at 11 years old, went to Europe with the responsibility of carrying his own and his family's future on his shoulders? How can I call him 'cold-hearted' to a guy who said no to the country that gave him everything and chose the one that gave him nothing? How can I call him 'cold-hearted' to a guy who could easily be counting money on a private beach and yet he is trying to leave his country's national team at the highest level? How can I call him 'cold-hearted' to a guy who is compared to a man they say was the best in history? How can I call Messi 'cold-hearted'? 'Cold-hearted' is you, who calls Messi 'cold-hearted'.”