Lionel Messi and Ian Fray Are Fined over Separate Incidents Involving Inter Miami Teammates
MLS fined Lionel Messi and Ian Fray for separate head and neck contact after a stoppage-time scuffle in a 2-2 draw, officials said.
- On Friday, MLS announced undisclosed fines for Lionel Messi and Ian Fray for making contact to opponents' head and neck areas during Wednesday's 2-2 draw with the Philadelphia Union.
- The discipline stems from second-half stoppage time altercations: Messi slapped Quinn Sullivan on the back of the neck, while Fray stepped over Sullivan after he was tackled, sparking a skirmish.
- "Respectfully, Messi, you do not come into Philly doing that," former Union striker C.J. Sapong said Friday, noting the Sullivan brothers' competitive mentality instilled from a young age.
- Despite the fines, Inter Miami will have both Messi and Fray available for Saturday's match against Toronto FC, a critical contest as the team fights for Eastern Conference position.
- Messi's disciplinary history includes prior MLS fines; the league's announcement followed FIFA's recent $321,000 fine against Argentina for team misconduct and discriminatory gestures at the World Cup.
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diarioestrategia.clArgentine Inter Miami footballer Leo Messi has been fined for patting the Philadelphia Union Quinn Sullivan player in the back of his neck during a Major League Soccer match last Wednesday, the American football league confirmed this Saturday. Read more]]>
The striker was sanctioned with an amount that has not been revealed after handing a fist to Quinn Sullivan, a footballer of the Philadelphia Union. No match will be lost with Inter Miami.
Tempers flared during the Philadelphia Union-Inter Miami match. Lionel Messi slapped his opponent in the face, which led to him being fined.
After a neck strike, Lionel Messi was fined by the North American professional league MLS in an unnamed amount.
Lionel Messi was fined by the MLS for... throwing a punch at an opponent in Inter Miami's last match, a moment that the referee and VAR "missed"! The post Messi... threw a punch at an opponent, he didn't see a card but was fined! (vid) appeared first on in.gr.
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