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Miami star confronted officials in a doorway after 3-0 loss
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League determined area was not off-limits to players
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MLS has suspended players for entering officials’ room
Major League Soccer has cleared Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi of wrongdoing after the Argentine star appeared to pursue match officials as they entered a doorway within the LA Coliseum after Miami’s season-opening loss on Saturday evening.
In a video posted to X by Síntesis Deportes reporter Giovanni Guerrero, Messi appears to confront the group of match officials as they left the field after the match, a 3-0 win for LAFC. Miami forward Luis Suárez is seen restraining Messi, who slips out of his grip and disappears, briefly, behind a closed door. He emerged seconds later and retreated with Suárez to Miami’s locker room.
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