Miami International Boss: Messi is unfairly punished, he is angry

Major League Soccer finally decided to punish Leo Messi and Xavi Alba for missing this week's MLS All-Star Game against the Mexican League without justifiable reason. Miami International expressed strong dissatisfaction with the decision, and the club's co-owner Jorge Maas also expressed the club's position at a press conference: "This is an unreasonable rule." The official statement released by the

The league read: "Miami International's Messi and Alba will not be able to participate in Saturday's game against Cincinnati FC due to absent from this week's MLS All-Star Game. According to the league's regulations, any player who has not participated in the All-Star Game without approval will be banned from participating in the next game of their club." Why are Messi and Alba banned? What does Miami International say?

This decision sparked a strong reaction within the Miami International Club. In an interview, Mas said bluntly: "To be honest, we didn't expect to be suspended at all."

When asked by the Argentine media "Olé" whether Messi's decision to absent the All-Star Game was made by the club, Mas responded that this was a joint decision after negotiation. He said that the club decided to keep him in Miami for rest due to Messi's physical condition. "Messi had a game on Saturday and returned here to rest on Sunday. We reached an agreement on Monday that for his physical condition, he should stay at home and rest and not go to Austin."

He also revealed the time when Messi learned of the punishment: "Messi only learned about this penalty decision after training, and we only learned the news during training." Mas immediately decided to go to the training base in person and publicly stated to the media: "I want to communicate with everyone in person to clarify our full support and protection for Messi and Alba, and avoid any misunderstandings."

"This is a bad rule"

Mas further explained his views on this rule of the league: "I want to reiterate that Messi and Alba are both extremely professional players, and they only want to win the game. Their decision is made by the club, and we hope to emphasize this. According to the MLS regulations, if the players do not have one, the player has no such thing. To play in the All-Star Game, they will be banned from the next game. "

" It's a bad rule, although it does exist. I think it puts players in a dilemma: to play a performance-oriented game, or to play a real-important official game? It's not only unfair to the players, but also to put the club in the loss. I think such a punishment is too harsh. Maybe in the past it applied, but now we have to revisit this rule. I have expressed our dissatisfaction to the league commissioner."

Nevertheless, Maas also said that the club will respect and implement the league's decision: "The penalty has been determined and we have to accept it. Messi himself is very dissatisfied with it, and I am the same as the club. But we must unite and show it in every game that follows with an attitude of 'we are against the world'. How did Messi and Alba react?

Mas revealed that Messi and Alba both reacted very negatively after learning of the suspension. They understand the importance of missing this game, but they can’t accept why they are punished for it.

"They don't understand why they were punished, and we don't understand. But I believe this rule will change in the future, but now is not the time to discuss this issue. What we need to do now is to unite and continue to move forward. I hope it will not affect his contract renewal."

After Messi joined Miami International, the club quickly became the most popular team in MLS. Maas stressed: "Our team now represents the highest level of MLS. But the schedule is too intensive and the journey is too frequent. We must face these problems."

Currently, Messi and Alba will miss this weekend's game against Cincinnati. This controversy caused by the rules has also raised more doubts about the management mechanism of MLS.