2024-05-13 12:12:46
“Inter Miami” with Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets in the lineup defeated “Montreal” 3:2 as a guest after a match from the MLS league. The Bulgarian national Dominik Yankov entered the game for the Canadian team in the 64th minute.
During the match, Messi expressed his disagreement with one of the new rules in America. One of them is that players who are on the ground more than 15 seconds after a foul must remain off the court for at least two minutes afterwards. In this way, the medical staff can provide the footballers with appropriate treatment and it prevents the players from faking to buy time.
In the match in question, Messi was fouled in front of the penalty spot, was forced to step out on the touchline and was thus denied the right to take the free kick. Everything ended with a big smile for the Argentine, because his teammate Matias Rojas took advantage of the situation, who managed to send the ball into the net for 2:2.
VAR decisions, announced and explained by the referee to fans in the stadium and television viewers, are another new rule. The third innovation in the MLS league is to prevent the loss of time during substitutions. This should only take ten seconds. If the new player is not on the field within ten seconds, he must wait on the sidelines for at least one minute before entering. An exception to this rule is the substitution due to a goalkeeper injury.