‘HE’S RIGHT!’ Was Lionel Messi correct to be angry at new MLS time-wasting rule? | ESPN FC

[@mdfahimmiazi454]

Someone will tackle a targeted player and force him to go out of the field for two minutes. What a joke?!

[@lperea21]

That is a weird rule. Not sure how creating a power play by injuring an opponent is a good idea.

[@bay0r]

it takes away the momentum in the game. the rule was made to counter time wasting but it takes everything from the game especially in cases where you are in pain for half a minute which is a normal thing in football and you are punished for that even when losing. makes absolutely no sense and sounds like a US induced rule.

[@ThomasSamoth-ls8ed]

There are cards and games suspensions to punish fouls

[@Aaron-mn2ro]

because players fake injuries, blame the fakes making it hard for legit injured players

[@Lil_tro_Vert]

@@ThomasSamoth-ls8ed true but what if it happens in the mls cup final and the next game doesn’t matter?

[@simeonlionpawpeters4005]

MLS is a fn joke and a waste of time

[@leightoncampbell9078]

What happen when a player deliberately foul someone to get them off for two minutes so they can benefit is different situations

[@007alztruli]

Then they get a yellow card because you cannot just deliberately foul a player for no reason

[@aihamat]

@@007alztruliYeah yellow card for getting their best player out for 2 minutes in crucial situation lol.. So for a yellow card, you get the other teams best player out and.............. get a man advantage. What a rule

[@007alztruli]

@@aihamat Their best player? So what? Who is the stupid coach that would think making a player...any player in this world, stay out of the game for just 2 minutes is worth getting a yellow card for? The rule needs to be improved but the other guys comment and yours doesn't make sense

[@leightoncampbell9078]

I see alot of people getting away with fouls all the time without being booked. There are always ways to avoid a booking. There is many hole in this rule.

[@jaikc7840]

​@@007alztrulineed not be deliberate. But why penalize the worsely affected party? And you may not get yellow always. People may do it and look like an accident as well. If you can't judge players, so be it. For time wasting, add as many minutes. That is enough.

[@merlindal1859]

So if you are leading . You just need to foul the best players of the opponent team to ensure winning.

[@Gbrowx]

Imagine goalie getting hurt and then he is sidelined for 2 minutes 😂😂 Bravo MLS 😂

[@Scorpia260]

Goalies are exempt from the rule

[@rezin111]

Imagine complaining about a rule that you don't even understand

[@Gbrowx]

@@rezin111 not even FIFA understands this st*píd rule

[@norunkai9546]

I get it when you do this rule in substitutions... right but when people are injured... thats a joke... even if they simulate... there is extra time anyway...

[@caskets18]

😂😂😂😂 well you got point

[@victoradriandicamillo9671]

Messi doesn't dive...

[@dvm007]

🤣😂

[@88heiling]

@@dvm007 Madridog

[@dvm007]

@@88heiling barkelona

[@88heiling]

@@dvm007 Your profile pic says it all.

[@dvm007]

@@88heiling your mum says otherwise when she is on this bbc .

[@zxtsf]

2 goals can be scored in 2 minutes

[@margarettami2877]

Literally what I said

[@robalexander2016]

Yeah.. and not many teams can do that but still.

[@shaa3902]

The player made a very dangerous tackle on Messi which was a clear yellow… he didn’t get it and that’s why Messi needed to wait for 2 mins on the sideline… double disadvantaged for Inter Miami basically… if the referee just gave the deserved yellow the rule can work but otherwise it’s stupid…

[@Gbrowx]

Every second is important in football. So, 2 minutes is already too much. We have seen many times a team scoring two goals in two minutes. And what if the team is already 1 player down with a red card and then another player is sent to the sideline for 2 minutes? This rule doesn't make any sense.

[@margarettami2877]

I literally said the same thing anything can happen in seconds

[@ChrisRD526]

Messi is absolutely right.

[@bryanhyt]

Bro this is insane. The opponents could score in just two minutes. The another point is that what if the keeper get injured? Do they leave the field for two minutes? This is crazy!

[@DipanKDas-sf5fb]

what if all the opposition players injure all the 11 of ur team? The whole team is out of the field for 2 mins?

[@majormononoke8958]

great question actually

[@brockbsc]

Rule does not apply to Goal Keeper. They can time waste all they want.

[@ephaeben5239]

Messi says so, who am I?

[@ThePriceIsNeverRight]

imagine your defender gets injured LOL ! so stuuupid

[@andrewgriesel1049]

Or imagine the GOAT gets injured... Absolutely insane rule 🤦‍♂️

[@ArGame-qy1nu]

Imagine you GK got injured, 😂

[@Lemonboy132]

The problem is they add ridiculous rules like this but don't put effort into making the league more competitive. It's a shame really.

[@wingedhussar1453]

Its the usa lol

[@suryansdash5830]

actually the league is very competitive, just the quality isnt there

[@JayjayYang]

@@suryansdash5830LOL true. Competitive could be everybody just equally bad. 😂

[@ianlanford6922]

Its about money. If us soccer as demanding as european football. It will be differrnt. American is weird. Thats for sure

[@dmx808]

Conceding a goal with 10 players on won’t guarantee you a goal during added extra time

[@garbagearchive]

You don’t have to question Messi, assume Messi is always right.

[@mr.sporty2094]

why bro??

[@garbagearchive]

@@mr.sporty2094 Messi is the MESSI-ahhhhhh…

[@jal051]

The rule is punishing the player who received the aggression. I get the intention is to punish the one who simulates it, but I'm with Messi, it is not right.

[@karlaherasme3319]

Messi is ALWAYS right.!!! 2 minutes why do they foul RIDICULOUS 😂

[@louislong3346]

2 minutes are two hours in soccer world

[@jordygee10]

That rule is stupid, why are they're coming up with their own rules, come on it's Messi and he has spoken change something make our GOAT happy

[@LightYagami934]

ESPN first needs to invest in a good quality mic at their studio😂😂😂

[@damonwicketts1638]

lol. The levels were too hot. But yeah I does make the production very amateur

[@ianlanford6922]

1. its messi. we need to listen to Goat 2. pretty sure rules not applied anywhere in europe (correct me) 3. i think messi wasnt angry, he just dissappointed.

[@lorenzo7126]

Those are soccer rules, not football rules😅😅

[@wokeaf1337]

Thank God for that.

[@bryanvivanco9166]

Miami is not the only team in mls. If you watched other games that week like toronto fc vs new york city fc, you would see how much time wasting there was by NYC. I would be embarrassed if I was a NYC fan tbh.

[@samuraiedge2619]

Well, it is known that in the 90s, the Americans wanted to make some very notable changes and FIFA did not let them. Football a very different sport than the ones they usually consume, 2 minutes is a long time and a clear sporting disadvantage for the team that cannot count on a player for that period of time, so I understand Messi's anger and complaints, It is something that only happens in the MLS.

[@MK-hw2ir]

Americans just ruin everything into advertising/consumerism. Leave football please, amercians ruined alreafy every other sport

[@BandamameDkhar]

Goat is right

[@wayout7857]

Timing is very very important!!!..When you're playing in fastlane...He's out of the field more than 5 minutes!!!...Messi is ABSOLUTELY right...

[@Cruyff1899]

You want to get rid of time wasting stop the clock.

[@LqdSanity79]

If MLS wants to increase viewership in America they have to get off of AppleTV and switch to the cable/satellite model that every other sport in America uses. I actually like soccer, and if my local MLS team was on TV like MLB, NHL, NBA, etc I would definitely watch more games, but I'm not signing up for Apple just to watch soccer and neither are most Americans.

[@AM-ml7et]

As much as I hate Apple, this deal has been pretty good. Before, certain cable companies owned the rights to home games and others would be blacked out. On this deal, I get all games available live or on demand. No blackouts, no worries.

[@LqdSanity79]

@@AM-ml7et I would agree that the current Apple deal is pretty good for people who are already big soccer fans, but if you want to grow the sport and gain new viewers it almost certainly has to be on television. The casual fan just isn't going to sign up for a yearly subscription.

[@grayknight836]

I am ALL about stopping 🛑 ridiculous time wasting ⏱! *But I would like to see is MLS finally adopt the World Football Calendar 🗓!!!* Purchase the USSL, purchased the women's matching regional teams and bring them under MLS's teams umbrella. Just like Europe!

[@user-is1xu1dp9b]

this rule makes no sense, it benefits the team that commits the foul

[@shivmarkkumar2534]

dont tell me they did it to lock messi out during the play. 🤔 And why dont they jist follow FIFA rules?

[@sumanth3046]

😄🙈❤️ rare to see messi speak like that..

[@wildarrowhunter6941]

In the world basketball championships, playing with different rules from the rest of the world hurt them, don't do the same with soccer.

[@kendalljohnson3258]

its like at playschool when you get time out for 2 mins, only they fault the wrong player instead of the one who committed the foul.

[@zxtsf]

This is why MLS stays undeveloped

[@LIONELMESSI_G.O.A.T_LM10]

strange rules, very profitable and exploited by teams that play brutally. Those 2 minutes are very valuable. in 90 minutes the team can play with just 10 players at times. 10 fouls and medicals come in, there will be 10 times the team plays with only 10 players.

[@UPTIMUPRIME]

The Rule makes no sense

[@mrrefrigerator5129]

Montreal was locking up Messi. They said no MLS defenders could do it. No goal contribution. Vamos Montreal

[@jamesbotta5505]

But they lost...so clearly their focus on messi lead to other defensive holes

[@madisonrai338]

​@@jamesbotta5505 Yes that's correct,,and it's no surprise,,it has been happening in Europe for the last couple of decades where teams try to contain Messi while leaving abundant space for other players to exploit the gaps,,I've said it before,,if Messi and Rojas continue this chemistry than it'll b hard for any teams against Miami .

[@lmgoat44trophiesnow]

nothing problem for a team player like MESSI as his team won but a massive problem for the selfish player top scorer -oriented like the dark system in juve,man united,and al nassr.

[@quanthehiep]

Actually if you rewatch the third goal of Miami, you will ask yourself where the central defenders of Montreal were? They tried to press Messi to take the ball or foul him, but they failed and lost spaces for Cresmachi.

[@JoseDiaz-wg6dr]

You guys did it! Who in the f..k cares about the final score. You sound like you should Stick to watching other sports.

[@zomt.81]

Even FIFA doesn’t understand this new MLS rule😂

[@ejaduchiha5750]

Dude was on the field for almost 20 years and on top of that he become the greatest of the sport itself. He know whats good and not. They should just listen to him.

[@brockbsc]

Love the new rule. Way to much flopping/time wasting in soccer. They implemented this rule in the development league first, and it dramatically cut down on time wasting. I am sure the rule can be improved, but I like that they are trying to address one of the most annoying parts of soccer.

[@nbakelvin1417]

So what if two players from the same team got injured does that mean both two players will be outside for two minutes 😂😂😂😂

[@chamberlainwonder369]

The fact, is that the referee thinks that all the inter Miami players will get mad and lose their focus and loss to Montreal and very unfortunately, Messi and Cremaschi end up destroying the Montreal with pass from Lionel Messi to a very ball sense, ball control freak like cremaschi scores that goal. What a game in Canada last saturday

[@coreykuehl8519]

Context matters. Great rule to deter time wasting, but the execution is definitely important. Adding extra injury time is good, but the faking and exaggerating of an injury is bad for the sport. Messi wasn't doing that here obviously, but it's common.

[@c0ugar43]

No disrespect to Messi, but it''s pretty ironic that it meant that Rojas took the free kick and nailed it, when Messi failed in his attempt.

[@PrinceOlaf]

Clearly, Seb forgot to reduce the gain on his mic

[@eduardolpz386]

The rule, as it stands now, is not working. However, I do like that MLS is trying to get rid of the things we all hate in the game.

[@samtenwangdrak4985]

Lol not surprised for those who call it soccer instead of football.

[@drowranger8433]

obey the god of footbal command!!!

[@kingspartacus2407]

So the team that gets fouled gets punished by having a player removed from play for 2 minutes, giving an unfair advantage to the team that committed the foul. So you’re incentivizing players and teams to play dirty to get an advantage of having more players, and you can do this an unlimited amount of times. There are going to be a lot more injuries now.

[@hectorg5456]

That was an obvious foul where the defender didn’t even go for the ball yet the team that was fouled looses their star player? He might as well retire now because this will become a tactic every opponent resort to keep him out of the field.

[@McNanaBravo]

The rule will some teams lose. They should rather change to get more foreign players rather than making unimportant rules

[@v-power9964]

This is really ridiculous🧐 🧐 this rule will be changed by Messi's intervention he's the GOAT

[@rockfelraymond6257]

what of the player who fouls?wont they have to go out

[@JayjayYang]

So what’s stopping the 11 in the A team injures all the 10 in the B team? You literally get an empty field plus one goalie. What a joke. If MLS needs to adjust some rules, make ways for international matches. Also this rule is basically implying if you want to win against Inter Miami, you can kick Messi 45 times, then you get a 11 vs 10 the whole match.

[@StoneAgePHD]

Many things in US are weird Temps in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius , pounds instead of kilos, miles instead of kilometers,etc😂

[@DipanKDas-sf5fb]

American football instead of football 🙃

[@StoneAgePHD]

@@DipanKDas-sf5fb exactly:)

[@lexkanyima2195]

It is the US culture

[@manta894]

This schould be 5 minutes

[@johnavernia1026]

Might as well give congratulation and award to people that injures other people. Why the heck would you award people fouling other player?

[@SkyBear0509]

Messi doesn't dive, but many do

[@jrregaladovision]

The small tweak should be it doesnt apply if your losing. Brst leaugue in the world right now. Love watching all the games at once in 360 .

[@EvieWillNotDie]

They're down 2-0... if he's somehow time wasting, okay? Good? Let him time waste and have his losing team be in a worse position? Logic 100

[@joeyscardamaglia6483]

Great rule absolutely needs small adjustments but its a great idea

[@andrewinat434]

It's dumb.

[@krdfggd550]

When MLS stops putting effort into these rules and adds promotion and relegation with higher salary caps, it'll be a top 5 league IN THE WORLD.

[@liamjduxj1287]

Just add the amount of time wasted at the 90+min

[@ManishImsong]

Win- Win situation for real Madrid and brayen liverkusen

[@andrewquigley8938]

Seb is spot on

[@user-bi1yw1du7q]

Listen to the goat.

[@Whizkidsoo]

MLS doing mls things but can we not ignore the free kick wow … or just play college rules

[@j.6478]

It only works for the team that is winning and wasting time.

[@thembinkosimoyo3032]

This is an absolute joke of a rule

[@mysteriousworld8573]

When king speaks we must listen 🐐👑

[@khalildonyute1]

Why they have to f$@k the beautiful game…..this is the stupidest rule to date

[@XxmochomoxX]

These is a stupid rule, there's cards for time wasting but this is just going to bring problems as in players intentionally fouling players for a momentum run againt a minus 1 team

[@LiveIsBeautiful]

If anything, it should be the other way around, like in hockey. It makes absolutely no sense to take out the one who was taken down, especially when it's your best player (never mind best in the world); it's like taking him down TWICE. That would create a major problem in future matches if anyone wants to take Messi from a game, even for two (LONG) minutes! Very stupid! It makes MLS look even worse as a league, to come up with such lame rules...

[@thegaminggecko1212]

Messi and Suarez were both right to be mad at the new rules. They’re dumb and are NOT good/effective or positive ways to fix the issues they are intended to

[@MyBubblez42]

leave it to MLS to add a stupid rule

[@thejackofalltrades5171]

Man these two. Call it complaining America’s. They hung around with fútbol picante, Ramon y su banda, and all those clowns too long, and now they’re just like them.

[@nafasa5837]

Sepakbola adalah seni... hindari tindakan untuk mencederai pemain... karena itu bukan bagian dari sepakbola...

[@coycoy75basualdo]

Does the FiFA has that rule???

[@andrewinat434]

No

[@never_around0010]

So when the goalkeeper get injured what happens then free shot at an empty goal for 2 mins??🙃

[@scottduke2809]

i'm an Inter Miami fan and on this issue Messi can suck it! stop letting our best players get away with whatever they want!!!

[@dunno558]

Imagine the ref get injured..🤣🤣🤣who you gonna call????👇👇

[@agustowelch1216]

well when you are call football soccer what do you think?

[@redruby8529]

Ref should have given piette a yellow card for that foul, bad call.

[@josemiguel7551]

En esta sí estoy de acuerdo con el enano. Es una estupidez dejar afuera 2 minutos al jugador que recibió la falta, más bien, deberían dejar fuera al infractor 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@gentlemanghost5993]

What if the goalkeeper needs treatment? 🤔 😂

[@taalboss]

I love the new rules, teams go up 1 nil and all of sudden guys are dropping like flies, a slight touch and they start rolling like a French roll getting ready for the oven

[@scorpio2330]

Or the team that's losing 1 nil deliberately injures a defender from the team that's up 1 nil so they would be with 10 players...gives them a chance to tie the game...this is the rule you like? Lol

[@taalboss]

@scorpio2330 which one is more likely to happen? The guys on the winning team all of sudden in the 60th starts falling about cramps? Or a striker risking a red card on the losing team that will now leave his team even more in a hole? It's something we see in every game, the only time we don't see things like that is if a team is up 5 nil or 5-1 with under 10 minutes to go. Nobody is cramping, everyone is knocking the ball around laughing and smiling. I like it, helps cut out players faking that they are hurt. If you are injured, that's happen you will be sub out anyways

[@felixbared8375]

This is so stupid. Want to eliminate time wasting…. Stop the clock. Every other sport in US stops the clock. Do that.

[@Sailarful]

If you think this rule is dumb think that comes from the same league that doesn't even have international break 😂😂😂😂

[@NeptuneTargaryen]

Please follow the standard football rules MLS lame.

[@sandytarihoran0467]

What if 3 persons ?. Should they go out also😅

[@Kumagood]

And MLS may be play 4 qtr in future😂

[@albertherz]

love the rule Mess is wrong it's designed to curb falling and flopping to waste time

[@scorpio2330]

Or with your team is losing you just deliberately go after a defender so now the team that's winning has 10 men on the field...now the team that's losing has a better chance of scoring and tie...nice rule lol

[@alanwatts7434]

The opposing team that commits the foul is at fault for breaking the rules. Why is the league punishing the fouled team? If there's an injury, real or not, and time is taken, referees add something called stoppage time to the game. This is MLS bush league at work here.

[@LeandroLujan]

Bad rule, messi is being almost injure bad, and you punish the goat because someone is fouling him, have no sense

[@Boombastic..]

American never disappoint us with pop corn

[@jeremiahdogo5974]

ESPN MESSI IS ALWAYS RIGHT VS ESPN CR7 HE SHOULD RETIRE HE IS KILLING THE GAME

[@ElCanalDePablo85]

They are gonna tacle messi in every game for this!!!!

[@CharlesUrban]

Interesting. So it's basically a penalty in hockey, but instead of going off the field because you did something wrong, it's because someone hurt you. MLS just put a huge target on their best players' backs. The other team will be trying to kill them just to put them out of action for at least two minutes while the other team tries to score within that time.