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The attacking full-back and dead-ball specialist became an instant Germany football great when his spot-kick earned them a 1-0 victory over Diego Maradona's Argentina in the World Cup final in Rome in 1990.
Messi repeated the reason for his absence from the highly-anticipated game against a local League XI in Hong Kong on February 4.
The match in Hong Kong drew 40,000 fans, with some spectators paying up to nearly HK$5,000 ($640) per ticket.
Meteorologists say, a shift towards a mild occurrence of La Nina, when surface ocean waters cool off the tropical west coast of South America, is looming.
The 48-team World Cup, which will conclude on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, is being co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Argentina forward Messi, nursing a hamstring problem, started on the bench and Portugal's Ronaldo missed out completely due to a muscle injury, disappointing fans hoping to see the world's two most famous footballers in opposition.
Earlier, the Argentine national side had offered to visit Kerala in June in response to an invitation extended by the state government.
Spain's 2023 World Cup winner Aitana Bonmati was voted the best women's player of the year.
Rummenigge, a former longtime Bayern CEO, was West Germany's captain under coach Beckenbauer in the 1986 World Cup where they lost to Argentina in the final.
Beckenbauer won the World Cup with Germany in 1974.
