The world stopped for a moment. Lionel Messi suffered one of the most shocking kicks of his career in the match that his team, Inter Miami, played against Nashville SC, in the round of 16 of the Concacaf Champions Cup, better known as Concachampions.
It happened 13 minutes from the end of the duel, after the Argentine rubbed the lamp and brought the team led by Gerardo Martino closer on the scoreboard, left behind by a brace from Canadian Jacob Shaffelburg.
It was then that his compatriot Lukas MacNaughton attacked the Scaloneta captain with brutal ferocity.
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—Messi Xtra (@M30Xtra) March 8, 2024
It looked like he had broken his leg. However, Leo stood up. But he was outraged because the referee, Mexican Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava, didn’t even show him a yellow card.
The anger was even greater for La Pulga when a couple of minutes later Shaquell Moore scored to make it 3-1 for the hosts. Although VAR immediately corrected it and everything went back to calm. The same VAR that incredibly did not intervene to sanction MacNaughton’s brutal action.
Source: Clarin
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