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Lionel Messi was not completely satisfied that new MLS guidelines sidelined him for 2 minutes following an harm scare in the primary half of Inter Miami’s 3-2 Saturday evening win over Montreal.
“These kinds of guidelines…it is going unhealthy,” Messi stated, per ESPN’s Lizzy Becherano.
Messi’s feedback, initially made in Spanish, have been made because the Inter Miami star turned to the digital camera and shook his head over being sidelined.
Inter Miami coach Gerardo Martino agreed after the sport that the rule “should be revised,” per Becherano.
Messi went down clutching his left knee in the fortieth minute after being fouled by Montréal defender George Campbell. After being checked out by medical workers, Messi bought up and walked to the sideline.
In line with the MLS rulebook for the 2024 season, “If the referee stops play attributable to a possible participant harm in which the participant stays on the bottom for greater than 15 seconds and the medical workers enters the sphere of play, the participant could also be required to go away the sphere of play for 2 minutes.”
This two-minute interval begins when the ball is again in play, based on the principles.
This doesn’t apply if the harm is attributable to a foul that resulted in a yellow or crimson card, based on the rulebook, however Campbell didn’t obtain both.
This rule is supposed to present “medical staffs time to deal with gamers, whereas additionally permitting match play to renew rapidly,” based on the league.
However Martino expressed frustration that lack of a yellow card on Campbell impacted Messi’s capacity to play.
“As I perceive it, the crew that suffered the foul was punished,” Martino stated, per Becherano. “With these new rule adjustments, there are conditions that should be revised. The infraction was clear and was a yellow card, and in the end it was us that misplaced Leo for 2 minutes.”
Inter Miami went on to win regardless of no scoresheet marks from Messi, who has 10 targets and 12 assists in 9 video games throughout his second MLS season. The Argentinian nationwide star and former FC Barcelona captain leads all league gamers in assists regardless of lacking 4 video games.