THE ATHLETIC ANNOUNCES: SPECIAL CARD RULE SAVING MESSI

According to The Athletic's report; world-famous Argentine superstar Lionel Messi of the Inter Miami team competing in the United States football league MLS, escaped falling into a suspended situation thanks to a highly interesting discipline rule rarely encountered on green pitches. The successful footballer saw his 5th yellow card of this season by taking a caution from the referee in the last tough Cincinnati encounter played in the regular season of the league. While a player seeing 5 yellow cards in many leagues where international football rules are valid is directly subjected to a 1-match suspension, a special discipline regulation applied by the MLS management completely saved the legendary player from this situation. According to the official rules of the league, a special deduction is made in the accumulated card numbers of players completing their matches without taking a yellow card, a red card, or any additional discipline penalty for a long time. The Argentine talented player managed to complete exactly 2 separate periods of 5 matches completely cleanly without taking any penalty within this season. Along with the exact operation of the mentioned rule, 2 cards were officially erased from Lionel Messi's total yellow card household for these 2 separate clean periods. Thus, although the last yellow card the star player saw in the Cincinnati match was chronologically the 5th yellow card of the season, the current yellow card number of the player was registered as only 3 according to the official records of the league. The Argentine superstar, managing to stay below the suspension limit thanks to this unique rule rewarding the disciplined player, gained the right to reunite with his jersey by taking the green pitch in the critical encounter his team will play with New England. This special MLS rule, arousing massive astonishment and simultaneously curiosity in the football world, found a wide echo in the international sports media with its structure encouraging players to be more gentlemanly. That Messi, being the most critical piece in the championship walk of the Inter Miami team, will continue his presence on the pitch created a massive wave of joy among fans filling the stands, while compulsorily causing the technical delegation of the tough opponent New England team to change all their defense plans again. Millions of football fans now await the magical performance the legendary star, who will continue his path with 3 yellow cards, will display on the green pitch with much bigger excitement and passion.

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