Amid the frigid Kansas City temperatures as Sporting Kansas City took on Inter Miami CF in the Concacaf Champions Cup, a referee asked Lionel Messi for a souvenir following the game. The referee, Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava, shot his shot and succeeded after Messi scored in the 56th minute to lead Inter Miami CF to a 1-0 finish in the first leg between the two teams.
Messi obliged to Ortiz Nava's odd request, agreeing to pass along his jersey once he got to the locker room due to the freezing cold Wednesday evening. Now, Concacaf has disciplined Ortiz Nava according to a report from ESPN. It was later clarified that Ortiz Nava actually asked for an autograph for a family member with special needs. But the moment went against Concacaf's code of conduct for officials.
