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‘Wasn’t going to stay silent’ – Lionel Messi’s LA argument with Edwin Cerrillo explained as tempers boiled over in Inter Miami’s MLS clash with the Galaxy

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<p>The Argentine superstar did not have things all his own way in California, as <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/video-living-absolute-dream-kim-kardashian-son-saint-leads-inter-miami-out-lionel-messi-mls-la-galaxy/bltc05b8518924c3996" target="_blank">A-list guests watched on from the stands</a>, and only made a telling contribution to proceedings in the 92nd minute when <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/genius-leo-messi-magic-saves-inter-miami-tata-martino-reacts-dramatic-mls-draw-la-galaxy/blt5b39786854d17adc" target="_blank">grabbing a dramatic equaliser in a 1-1 draw</a> with domestic rivals that had been reduced to 10 men.</p><div class="affiliate-button-container theme-1" data-name="Apple TV"><div class="affiliate-button"><img class="logo" height="40" width="72" src="https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltcc7a7ffd2fbf71f5/blt2de198b67da95a2e/65709d2436cf7d0407034ef9/Apple_TV.png" style="width: 72px; height: 40px;"><span class="affiliate-text">Get the MLS Season Pass today!</span></div><a href="https://tv.apple.com/channel/tvs.sbd.7000?itsct=goal_mls&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1010l39UY" class="affiliate-button-link" target="_blank">Stream games now</a></div>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Tempers threatened to boil over throughout a keenly-fought contest, with Messi locking horns with former USMNT U23 international Cerrillo in the first half. That debate started between the Galaxy midfielder and <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/feel-bad-can-luis-suarez-handle-real-pain-inter-miami-overcome-injury-issues-telling-contribution-lionel-messi/bltbf909b4fda446dda" target="_blank">veteran frontman Luis Suarez</a>, but Messi soon got involved as words and frosty looks were exchanged.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Cerrillo has told <a href="https://www.tycsports.com/estados-unidos/mls/el-picante-cruce-de-un-jugador-de-los-angeles-galaxy-con-messi-no-me-iba-a-quedar-callado-id567095.html " target="_blank"><em>TyC Sports</em></a> of not backing down from a tussle with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionel-messi-inter-miami-nominated-laureus-world-sports-award-jude-bellingham-erling-haaland/blt856280d10249d2d3" target="_blank">eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi</a>: “First I was surprised that he was talking to me, so I didn't understand the first thing he said to me, nor did it register with me. He was serious and at that moment I knew I needed to stay calm, because it was early in the game. He knows what he's doing and maybe he wanted to get into my head. And like with anyone, I wasn't going to stay silent. And when Suarez and [Sergio] Busquets came to defend him... well, it's nice, but it's part of football and at that moment was when I had to be calm. What was said will remain with me, it is something that I will always have in my mind and I will keep that.”</p>

WHAT CERRILLO SAID ABOUT MESSI

<p>Messi is now up and running on the goal front for 2024, as Inter Miami look to compete for major honours on multiple fronts, and there is the promise of more to come from the all-time great as he continues to shake off the rust that set in during <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/slap-in-face-angry-lionel-messi-fans-hong-kong-offered-50-refund-inter-miami-superstar-no-show-controversial-friendly/blt261a7cbf97032995" target="_blank">a testing pre-season</a>.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR MESSI?

‘Wasn’t going to stay silent’ – Lionel Messi’s LA argument with Edwin Cerrillo explained as tempers boiled over in Inter Miami’s MLS clash with the Galaxy | Goal.com

Lionel Messi was involved in a heated argument during Inter Miami’s clash with LA Galaxy, and Edwin Cerrillo says he “wasn’t going to stay silent”.

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