Hours after Rayados beat Inter Miami 1-2 in the final stretch of the match at Chase Stadium, Rumors and versions of off-field conflicts began to emerge in which Messi, Luis Suarez and the DT of the premises, Gerardo Martinowere involved, in addition to other “anomalies” that the Mexican team would have detected in their reception, so they would be seriously thinking about protesting before Concacaf.
The match ended hot, after the team Monterey He sealed the comeback and scored the winning goal in the last minute of play, so tempers flared up at Inter Miami. According to reports from Multimedios DeportesAfter the final whistle, the Argentine star went out to look for the referee and on the way he ran into the coach of Rayados, with whom he had words in the locker room area.
According to the Argentine newspaper La Naciónthis could be due to the fact that to Messi, who could not play the match due to physical discomfort, He did not like Tano Ortiz’s statements prior to the meeting, since he questioned the impartiality of the refereeing due to the presence of the star on the rival team.
“The business is not going the way of Monterrey. We all know that, it’s not that I’m saying something we don’t all know. I understand the business, yes. I share it? No. Everything that surrounds Messi can lead to making sporting and non-sporting decisions. I don’t know if they are going to harm us, but the business is not for us. Sportingly, we are going to win; Afterwards I can’t handle other things,” said the blue and white strategist in a press conference hours before the duel.
The information was complemented by the Mexican newspaper El Universal, who published that Messi was able to complain to the referee and that he did not do it alone, but Luis Suárez and Gerardo Martino made him seconddue to some referee decisions during the match and the “little” compensation time he granted.
For its part, Fernando Schwartz, Mexican journalist from Fox Sports also gave his version of the events, in which he included Jordi Alba and Nico Sánchez, in addition to announcing that Rayados complained to Concacaf.
“In the locker room the big deal was made. Martino. Messi. Suárez and Alba went to the referee to complain and then outside the dressing room Rayado looked for anger and to intimidate Tano Ortiz for his previous statements that the arbitration could favor the MLS. Messi also faced Nico Sánchez. Rayados asked CONCACAF to take note and report,” Schwartz’s tweet reveals.
So far there is no video testimony of anything that happened, since it supposedly occurred in the locker room area.
Finally, in an updated report from El Universel, more details of the alleged confrontation are offered, in this the journalist Édgar Luna confirms that there were complaints to the referee by Messi, Suárez and Martino.
He also adds that Leo not only confronted the Rayados coach, but followed him to the locker room and continued saying things to him after he turned his back on him and walked away. Shortly after, continuing with the version, Along the way Messi would also have faced more members of Rayados and people from Concacaf.
In addition to this, Luna also brought to light that the Rayados managers were upset because they were not treated with the respect they deserve, since they were not given a good place to watch the game, so they ended up buying tickets to watch it from the tribune
According to the journalist, All this could lead to a formal protest by the Liga MX team before Concacaf.
Keep reading:
· Rayados de Monterrey defeated Inter Miami in the Concachampions without Messi in the game
· “They are the games that one likes to play”: Luis Suárez recognizes Rayados as a powerful rival
· Fear of Messi? Tano Ortiz accepts that his presence would change the game: “Whether he plays or not will be decisive”