Lionel Messi furious at new MLS rule during Inter Miami's match against Montreal | SOTU

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse reacted to Lionel Messi becoming visible frustrated during his Inter Miami match against CF Montreal because he was not allowed to re-enter the game for two minutes after sustaining a minor injury.
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Lionel Messi furious at new MLS rule during Inter Miami's match against Montreal | SOTU
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[@StateOfTheUnion]

Is Lionel Messi right to be upset?

[@Zeke_O3773]

Silly question-Messi is always right. 😀🇦🇷

[@Naahi95]

Yes, it's a stupid rule

[@hadoken99]

Quit making up rules. It's the world's game

[@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.

[@DecentGhostXbox1]

💯 right lol

[@oxxo902]

Messi was injured aggressively and the other player didn’t get yellow card. Instead, Messi was punished by waiting 2 minutes. Something is wrong

[@itsmej87]

It encourages injuring players to get them out of the game and gain advantage by being up 11 to 10 players and the best player on the field being out

[@p4ndakh]

If a player waste time, the Ref can just extend the extra time....this rule is not needed

[@ericmutinda4609]

They know that and still they waste time.its not about the time,i think it's all about the momentum

[@MrUnodeaca]

the problem, as many with referees, is the inconsistent criteria they use. Different referees would give your different amounts of extra time in a similar game. Anyways, we've seen in the Champions that a linesman can even go against the recomendation of holding the flag, I mean, as a referee you should start by following the rules, then we can see if the game needs changes

[@BairesCARP33]

To stop time wasting: either stop the clock or keep out for 2 minutes the fouler and the victim, that way both teams will continue to play with 10 players each.

[@MrUnodeaca]

I agree, so far I fail to see the disadvantage of stoping the clock. The effective playing time is approximately 60 to 70 minutes due to interruptions. So maybe 2 30min halfs? Edit: so a posibility of abuse would be a winning team cooling down the game with interruptions making the whole thing even longer than the actual system.

[@user-rb1ed8og7f]

Of course he is right a rule that supposed to fight time wasting, wastes time when he could have been on the pitch, imagine you lose a defender by this rule and then you eat two goles in two minutes

[@gabrielguerrero3404]

Or they could accurately add the amount of time wasted after 45 and 90 minutes but why do something that makes sense?

[@SteveGerrard-pe3fg]

Imagine u got bad foul by tackle one top it u need to stay outside conceding one more goal

[@GeorgeNguyen]

How do you deal with this situation: The opponent keeps fouling the key person and every tiem out is 2m --> 5 times might up to 20m contribution of a key person?? Also means the one get kicked NOT only get hurt but be punished for 2m off?

[@Zeke_O3773]

Here’s an idea for how to stop wasting time; stop the clock when the referee blows the whistle and start it back up when they blow it again. We are clinging to a ridiculous rule that stems back to when refs had stopwatches in their pockets. Surely if we have instant replay now, we can keep accurate time, end time wasting, and put an end to stoppage time to boot! Can you imagine the excitement in a tournament final as they count up to 90:00?

[@OG-10]

This is a good idea but if you just stop the game for 2-3 mins then it disrupts the flow of the game

[@Zeke_O3773]

@@OG-10 that’s true but if a player is injured, you’re still interrupting the flow. All I’m saying is that, for however long the game is stopped, so should the clock be.

[@immersion24]

Tata said it and somehow people struggle to understand his point...it's not the rule but the way it was implemented... in Messi's/IM case it was ridiculous.

[@user-wx8nm8fk2j]

I like the new rules but like Alexis said I would have preferred them to implement toward the leading team instead of the losing one. I would have made more sense. I am losing, I can't drain the clock..

[@arielsegieda4209]

Americans, football is already invented, dont try idiotic things

[@alexjvee6836]

😂.

[@CreativeGuy99]

Football has become unwatchable with all the diving, fake injuries, and time-wasting.

[@ian_r125]

@@CreativeGuy99 That stuff has actually been mostly phased out by the longer injury time added.

[@SamAdventure]

I like the rule but yes it needs to be tweaked

[@hauthang85]

Stupid rule

[@chriswhetton3584]

I can understand the frustration, especially given a foul was called. The rule/law can definitely be improved upon, but overall I would rather have this occasional be an issue than the constant fake injuries and clock milking every team does. It is something that hurts the integrity of the game and keeps fans away.

[@wildarrowhunter6941]

Friends USA and the world do not agree regarding football criteria. Italy boasted of having one of the best defenses in the world, if Italy scored a goal, they would close the goal door and throw away the key. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are masters at entertaining and putting the game to sleep when they are ahead. I say all this because it clashes with the type of North American sports consumer who needs a lot of notes or they get bored. The rule, in addition to punishing the victim with 2 minutes while the aggressor plays, what he seeks is to give it an automatic dynamic that clashes with the spontainity of the game. Pretending to be smarter than the rest of the world does not make the majority more attractive, it makes them different and not in the best way. Greetings from Buenos Aires

[@piscesman54]

The irony of it is that American sports (namely, NFL and MLB) are the ones with the least flow of the game and the most stoppage time. Laughable.

[@ian_r125]

The 13 minutes of infield NFL play in 4 hours keeps American thrill seekers happy

[@fuhrer-lh8oi]

Finally Messi has help

[@openbooktips]

Why is no one talking snot this Miami’s overly leaky defense? They should at least invest in some quality defenders. Those defenders just look so clueless when attacking. They just fold and collapse. It’s looks really annoying for a real football fan to watch. That defense puts unnecessary pressure on the attack to go score so many goals because they just can’t defend to save their lives. Such a shame they are just too lazy.

[@DavidRamirez-ig6rt]

Definitely needs to tweaked a bit.. but time wasting is always a big problem especially during the end game..

[@dabiangkipasi7548]

Yes

[@indianrunner666]

quien carajo es Rob Stone?

[@bramwel6on94]

MLS !! MESSI NEVER DIVES, "HE FALLS" , MUST HAVE BEEN A BAD CHALLENGE

[@DecentGhostXbox1]

#LeoMessi the 🐐 👽 👑 of ⚽️ is absolutely right! #DonGarberOut

[@elchefreedom5063]

Messi isn’t a superficial player. If he is upset, he has the right to… not a whiner, but a true winner always. Never faked in entire career… period, point blank.

[@user-is1xu1dp9b]

this new rule makes no sense, it benefits the team who commited the foul

[@piscesman54]

Want to stop the time-wasting? Simple. Stop the clock, like it's done in rugby and other sports. This rule is ridiculous. It will only encourage dirty play. As a side note, if a referee can't determine the seriousness of a foul play, he has no business on the pitch.

[@OneTouch1980]

There will be issues with the time off field for injured player, just as there are still issues with var missing calls. It's the overall good this rule can bring once it is fine tuned

[@piscesman54]

It brings no good. And there's no way to tune it. It depends entirely on the referee's criterion, which in many cases is disastrous. All you have to do is stop the clock. Americans need to stop reinventing the wheel.

[@andrewinat434]

That rule is so USA-ish, so dumb

[@charityfajutrao2931]

stupid rule

[@BouncingSoulR6]

What a cry baby, everyone else is dealing with the same rules.

[@aihamat]

LOL everbody = MLS.. Americans who call football soccer. They can't even say the name of the game correctly and are out here trying to make rules. The guy who got fouled was timed out for 2 minutes... use your brain for once and see how idiotic that is

[@BrotherBernard-yy4yd]

It always the penaldo fans

[@BouncingSoulR6]

@@BrotherBernard-yy4yd it’s always Messi fans trying to bring up Ronaldo who has nothing to do with Messi being a cry baby

[@newcomer87]

Messi never dives, look at the tackle, that’s a clear yellow. The ref was sleeping.

[@piscesman54]

That stupid rule does not exist anywhere else in the world. Stop trying to reinvent the wheel.

[@BBelsg]

Messi has the media doing for him what he can't do on the field. What a fraud!

[@sheeptards097]

Pionel “The Growth Hormone Drug taking” Pessi 💊💊💉💉💉