"Major League Soccer has cleared Lionel Messi of wrongdoing after the Argentinian appeared to pursue match officials after Inter Miami's season-opening loss to LAFC on Saturday evening. In a video posted to X by Sintesis Deportes reporter Giovanni Guerrero, Messi appears to confront match officials as they entered a doorway within the LA Coliseum after the match, a 3-0 win for LAFC."
"Miami forward Luis Suarez is seen restraining Messi, who slips out of his teammate's grip and disappears behind a door. He emerged seconds later and retreated with Suarez to Miami's locker room. The area [Messi entered] wasn't a restricted area, which would have been marked off with signage an MLS spokesperson told the Guardian on Sunday. It was not the referee's locker room. The league reviewed the sequence, and did not find Messi or another person involved in violation of any league policies."
Major League Soccer cleared Lionel Messi of wrongdoing after he appeared to pursue match officials following Inter Miami's season-opening 3-0 loss to LAFC. Video showed Messi confronting match officials at a doorway inside the LA Coliseum, with teammate Luis Suarez briefly restraining him before Messi slipped away and returned to Miami's locker room. MLS confirmed the area Messi entered was not a restricted area and not the referees' locker room, and league review found no policy violations. Pro's communications director said match officials confirmed Messi did not enter their locker room. The incident recalled a 2023 case where Matt Miazga was suspended for entering the referees' changing room.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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