Oscar Pareja believes that Lionel Messi should have been sent off during the match between Inter Miami and Orlandy City. He denounces “a circus” and influenced arbitration.
Orlando City coach Oscar Pareja criticized “the circusaround Lionel Messi, after the defeat (3-1) of his team on Wednesday against Inter Miami in the Leagues Cup, tainted according to him by arbitration errors.
«The attention that is focused on us with all this, it becomes a circus“said the coach, judging that the match itself had been”a circus».
«Leo Messi should have had two yellow cards. I don’t care if it’s Messi. This influences the game. The match must be fair and it was not the case on the pitch“, declared Pareja in a press conference.
He felt that the Argentinian, author of a double, should have been sanctioned a second time and excluded, after receiving a first warning in the 21st minute.
«We take responsibility. It’s okay, we lost. We’re frustrated but we can’t ignore this kind of situation“, estimated the former coach of Colombia.
He also judgedamazing» the penalty that allowed Miami to lead 2 to 1 after a foul on Venezuelan Josef Martinez.
Inter Miami have qualified for the round of 16 of the Leagues Cup, an annual competition between Major League Soccer (MLS) clubs and those of Liga MX, the Mexican first division. Inter Miami will face FC Dallas in Texas on Sunday.
