Following his public outburst against a Major League Soccer rule, Lionel Messi has been criticized by fans on X. Furthermore, there were those who believed that Cristiano Ronaldo would have been subjected to very harsh criticism if he had done the same thing. At the Saputo Stadium on Saturday, May 11, the event took place simultaneously with Inter Miami’s thrilling comeback victory over Montreal, which they achieved by a score of 3-2.

Both Bryce Duke (in the 22nd minute) and Jules-Anthony Vilsaint (in the 32nd minute) scored goals for the Herons, which led to a 2-0 loss in their Major League Soccer match. After George Campbell committed a foul on Lionel Messi in the 43rd minute, it became clear that the visitors were feeling frustrated as a consequence of the situation.

Despite the fact that Lionel Messi needed to be treated on the field, it took him more than fifteen seconds to get back on his feet after Campbell called him out for his challenge. Following the implementation of the new Major League Soccer sports measures in 2024, the Argentine superstar was required to leave the field and was not permitted to return for a period of two minutes.

The regulation did not leave the 36-year-old with a favorable impression at all. While he was fuming, he turned to the camera on the sidelines and shouted (as reported by GOAL):

Because he was required to wait for two minutes before being allowed to join the field once more, Lionel Messi showed contempt to the referees of the Major League Soccer (MLS) and the entire league. An embarrassing football player. In the event that Ronaldo did this, you would never hear the end of it.

“You’d never hear the end because you all would be on here defending him to the end baking it about everyone else but him” , a supporter said in response.”Are you throwing tantrums in the Major League Soccer? Someone else in the crowd remarked that “an embarrassing footballer and person could never be my goat.”After they had scored, he departed the field. One more supporter came up and said, “Messi is holding inter Miami back.”Another supporter made the observation that “that’s actually a good rule because players would stop diving and faking injuries under that rule.”

Following that, Inter Miami was able to collect all three points. Matias Rojas scored a penalty kick that was very fantastic in the 44th minute, and then Luis Suarez (45 minutes and three seconds) and Benjamin Cremaschi (59 minutes) scored a goal each to give the away team the victory.