Now it was not the Argentines Lionel Messi and Gerardo Martino, but the Spanish defender Jordi Alba of Inter Miami the protagonist of yet another chapter of the extra-sporting mess between the North American squad and the Rayados de Monterrey, when the player of Iberian origin was about to attack José Antonio Noriega, grabbing him by the neck in the middle of a barrage of insults that were going to unleash a larger brawl in the Chase Stadium locker room area.
The above was made known by ESPN network reporters, John Sutcliffe and Heriberto Murrieta, who stated that the discussion between the members of Monterrey and Inter Miami not only ended in insults and attempted aggression, but that the Spaniard Jordi Alba , He let himself get carried away by his anger when he grabbed the Rayados sports director, José Antonio Noriega, by the neck.
As will be remembered last Wednesday at the end of the first leg of the Concachampions quarterfinals with victory of the northern Mexican team 1-2, The members of Inter Miami, led by the Argentine star Lionel Messi and the Argentine coach Gerardo Martino, verbally attacked the Guatemalan referee Walter López, generating with these attitudes a series of discussions between the members of both teams.
Among the details already known, Messi and “Tata” Martino were about to attack the technical assistant from Monterrey, the Argentinean Nicolás Sánchez, as was revealed through some audios that circulated on social networks and in public opinion.
However, shortly after it was learned that the root of the protest that the Rayados de Monterrey board entered was due to the fact that the Spanish Jordi Alba took his anger and frustration to a higher level by being about to attack José Antonio Noriega , sports director of Monterrey, grabbing him by the neck in the middle of a series of insults that almost led to a big fight.
Fortunately, the members of Monterrey remained calm and for that reason they lodged their protest for this unsportsmanlike event and also for all the attitudes of the Argentine Lionel Messi and especially the vulgar way in which the coach of the MLS team, Gerardo, behaved. Martino.
Monterrey and Inter Miami will face each other next Wednesday, April 10 in Monterrey, starting at 8:30 p.m. in central Mexico (10:30 p.m. in Miami) at the BBVA stadium, where the team that will advance will be decided. to the semifinals of this CONCACAF tournament.
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