Olaleye Idowu
Inter Miami coach, Javier Mascherano, has expressed his frustration over the suspension of Lionel Messi.
The former Liverpool and Barcelona star hit out at the management of Major League Soccer for suspending his superstar.
Messi, 38, was not available for the Herons’ 0-0 draw against FC Cincinnati in the MLS on Saturday.
After the game, Messi’s former teammate and now manager, Mascherano, hit out at the MLS while speaking with reporters at Chase Stadium.
The MLS commissioner released a statement 24 hours before the game announcing Messi’s suspension.
“I don’t like to speak about other people’s decisions, but it’s strange when something is said one day and the opposite happens the next.
“Messi has played an enormous number of matches. When it’s about selling tickets or filling stadiums, no one complains.
“But now that we have a home game, he’s suspended? Would they have done the same if we were playing away from home? It’s frustrating,” he said (via GOAL).
Messi and his former Barça teammate, Jordi Alba, shunned the MLS All-Star match last week despite being in the squad.
They were later handed a one-game suspension under the MLS rules.
