Lionel Messi has been fined an unknown amount by Major League Soccer.© AFP
Lionel Messi has been fined by Major League Soccer after grabbing the neck of the assistant coach of New York City at the end of Saturday’s game. The Argentina World Cup winner was caught on camera in a confrontation with NYCFC assistant coach Mehdi Balluchi after the final whistle. Messi placed his hand behind Baluchi’s neck during arguments twice. The MLS said in a statement that his disciplinary committee ruled that he had “violated hands for the face/head/neck of a rival policy of the league”.
Messi established a stop-time equipment for Team-Met Telco Segovia at the Chase Stadium in Inter Miami at the season opener at the season opener.
Messi’s team partner Uruguay Luis Suarez also received a similar fine in half a time to place his hands behind the neck of NYFC defender Birk Risa.
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