Messi's Performance Dilemma Before Key Miami Match

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00:00And this is going to be a hard take on Miami for the next game over the weekend.

00:05But, I mean, who knows?

00:07I mean, maybe it's gone to his head.

00:08Maybe he's just not feeling it.

00:10It's one of these things that we just don't know the behind the scenes.

00:13Yeah.

00:14Normally, I'm super critical of Lionel Messi as he participates in the MLS

00:18because the standard he needs to be held upon, it is very high

00:22because he's supposed to transform the league.

00:24Now, he has been playing in a crazy amount of games, club World Cup,

00:29and he's been playing 90 minutes in the last five MLS games for Miami.

00:34And they have a very important game against Cincinnati.

00:37Now, the rules of the league say that if you miss the MLS game

00:42after being voted in by the public, you need to sit out the next game.

00:49So he wouldn't be eligible to align for Miami against Cincinnati,

00:52the most important game of the season for them.

00:55Now, the president of his employer, Beckham,

00:58is that when Beckham was part of the All-Star Game,

01:01it was in 2012 when the London Olympics happened.

01:05Beckham flew from Los Angeles to London at the beginning of the week

01:09to the rehearsal of the opening of the Olympics,

01:11then flew back to play the All-Star Game,

01:14and then flew back to London to be on the opening of the Olympics.

01:17That is commitment.

01:18And a player that understands the impact of the All-Star Game

01:22in the psyche of the American public.

01:24This is a tradition that makes new audiences for the game,

01:28and I think it was important for these players to be.

01:30But the other side of it is the amount of games that they have.

01:34And if we want to see Messi continue to do well for the league,

01:38maybe he needs to be managed, but the league must follow their laws.

01:42They cannot make exceptions just because he is Lionel Messi.