{"id":2569,"date":"2026-09-17T19:16:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:16:35","slug":"messi-involved-in-heated-discussion-with-mls-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/messi-involved-in-heated-discussion-with-mls-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi involved in heated discussion with MLS chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-21.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-21-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-21-767x432.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lionel Messi was involved in an argument with Don Garber after Inter Miami defeated Cruz Azul 2-0 to win the 2026 Campeones Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lionel Messi put in a decisive performance in the final, scoring with a header and providing an assist for Casemiro to grab the second goal. After the final whistle, he celebrated the title alongside his teammates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly after, Messi was spotted in a tense conversation with Garber, even pointing his finger directly at him. At another moment, the forward appeared to avoid further interaction with the executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The relationship between the two has seen previous moments of tension. Messi has criticised refereeing decisions in MLS, while Garber previously stated that he takes the Argentine&#8217;s complaints on board, even though he is not responsible for the selection of match officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi was involved in an argument with Don Garbe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2569\/revisions\/2571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}