In Mexico they claim that Messi confronted Ortiz after the Inter Miami defeat: did they argue in the locker room?

With the presence of Lionel Messi from one of the boxes, the InterMiami suffered the absence of its star and lost 2-1 Rayados of Monterrey for the first leg of the round of 16 Concacampioni. Even though the star couldn’t be on the pitch because she was still recovering from her minor hamstring injury, according to reports from Mexico, she decided to show up in the locker room. Although not to encourage his companions: according to what they say, Leo got very hot and came over to face him Fernando Tano Ortizthe Argentinian who coaches the Mexican team, for the comments made before the match.

“The referees, the structure, the people, everything that surrounds Messi can lead to making sporting and non-sporting decisions. I don’t know if it’s harmful, but business isn’t like that. Business is not going like Monterrey and we all know it. We all know that football is business. I’ll beat him sportingly, then there are things I can’t manage“Ortiz, a former Argentine defender who played for Boca, Estudiantes and San Lorenzo, said it the day before the match against Inter Miami.

Regardless of the speculation up until the last minute, Gerardo Martino He decided not to risk Leo’s physical condition and took the field with Julian Gressel as his replacement. And despite him moving forward in the standings thanks to the former Racing team Thomas AvilesMonterrey eventually turns the tables with many Argentines Massimiliano Mezza AND Jorge Corcho Rodríguez.

After the match, Mexico hinted that Ortiz’s words would have reached the ears of Leo, who would not have liked the situation at all. So much so that they reported an alleged clash between Messi and the coach in the locker room. “In the locker rooms, tempers heated up.

After the match, Tata Martino, Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba and then Luis Suárez went to complain to the Guatemalan referee Walter López,” reported journalist Fernando Schwartz for Fox Sports México.

He added: “But that wasn’t the worst thing. From there they went to the Monterrey locker room to try to face Tano Ortiz. Messi also faced Nico Sánchez (field assistant). “This is not sensationalism, this is pure information.”

The tension at that moment would have been at a high level, as the information implied: “Now we wait for what the commissioners will report to Concacaf, because the Monterrey board told them “look at everything that happened”“.

Even Fernando Ortiz himself did not deny the situation. “I’ll say the Las Vegas phrase, ha. What happens in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas“, he replied to TN’s question.

Despite the suspense and alleged scandal, the Christian Chaco Gimenezpresent on the Fox broadcast, tried to calm the situation: “These things often happen outside the locker room. It didn’t happen to adults, it will stay there.”“.

“It was match after match and we understood that he wasn’t ready, inserting him was too big a risk,” Martino clarified at the end of the match on Messi’s absence.

The second leg of the series between Inter Miami and Monterrey will take place on April 10 in Mexico, starting at 11.30pm in Argentina. Perhaps the efforts of Leo and his teammates are aimed at seeing their number 10 back on the pitch to try to overturn the overall score and advance to the quarterfinals.

The man from Rosario brings with him the story of the alleged clash, adding to the chants that the Monterrey fans directed against him in mockery for not having been able to play the first leg. It won’t be that on his return he relives the performance against the Netherlands and Louis Van Gaal in the World Cup in Qatar.