Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano was highly critical of the referee on Sunday after his player Ian Fray was sent off with a straight red card when the match had already ended with Inter Miami beating Houston Dynamo 1-4.

"I saw the video. Ian did nothing," Mascherano said after the match. "He did absolutely nothing. He wants to go to the dressing room and the rival holds him by the shirt and tries to get it out once, twice, three times, and the referee is next to him, he's watching him. That's what worries me. That's what worries me, because he didn't do anything,” he said at a press conference.

“It can't be. The other day, well, dubious plays. Today, once again, plays where we were winning 1-4 and the game was ending, 2 or 3 fouls that were not yellow cards and we get a lot of yellow cards. I won't shut up about that, there are things I won't shut up about. And in this case Ian did absolutely nothing (...). You (journalists) should also say that, not just me, because in the end there is one thing that cannot be changed, which is reality”, he added.

"When my players do nothing, I kill for them. Even if it costs whatever it costs. Today again, we were winning 4-1, the game was over, two or three fouls that were not yellow and filled us with yellows, I'm not going to shut up anymore. There are things that I'm not going to shut up about. And in this case, he didn't do anything. Absolutely nothing.

"Because in the end there is something that cannot be changed, which is reality, what you see with your eyes. And what we all see, that must be considered, that is not subjective. So I would like the journalists who are the ones who see it, also give their opinion on this. When something is wrong, it's wrong and it's over. This is how it is for me. As if we were wrong, we will also say it, but honestly, not this one, not the one with Ian."

Despite the absence of Messi, Inter Miami defeated Houston Dynamo 1-4 with a brace by Venezuelan Telasco Segovia, a goal by Uruguayan Luis Suarez and one by Argentine Tadeo Allende. Uruguay's Nico Lodeiro scored Houston's consolation goal.

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