Concacaf decided to apply a financial sanction to Inter Miami as a result of the unsportsmanlike events that occurred last week in the Chase Stadium locker room of the city of Fort Lauderdale against the Monterrey team of the Liga MX at the end of the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Concachampions, in where the Argentines Messi and Gerardo Martino, as well as the Spanish Jordi Alba, were identified as the main actors in this controversy between both teams.
However, beyond the sanction imposed on the Major League Soccer (MLS) team, the feeling remained in the air that the amount was too benevolent for the North American squad when the events were about to trigger a big fight between the members. of both teams.
The football organization announced the sanction through a statement on its official website, but without specifying the details or disciplinary arguments on which they were based to apply the monetary punishment to the squad led by the Argentine Messi.
Unofficially, it is believed that the amount of the sanction was $15,000 thousand dollars (around $81,000 thousand pesos), an amount similar to that applied by the board of directors of the Florida state team to the teenager who entered the Chase Stadium field to take a drink. a photo with Messi during the match vs. Colorado Rapids, corresponding to date seven of the current 2024 tournament.
The context
It should be remembered that all these events that led to the financial sanction originated when Messi and coach Gerardo Martino of Inter Miami launched it against the Guatemalan referee Walter López, considering that he was a determining factor in the 1-2 defeat against Monterrey, claiming that angrily his markings. This led to a confrontation with some members of Monterrey, such as with the Argentine Nicolás Sánchez, assistant to the Argentine coach of Rayados Fernando Ortiz, and with the sports director José Antonio Noriega.
Then the Spaniard Jordi Alba, former Barcelona player, intervened, who joined the complaints of his teammates, with which the conflict escalated further when Alba grabbed the Mexican manager by the neck and was about to cause a fight.
Finally, everything ended in the financial fine for Inter Miami already mentioned.
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