{"id":2508,"date":"2025-07-28T19:58:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/mascherano-and-what-if-the-game-is-away-no-one-complains-about-messi-to-fill-the-stadium\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:58:27","slug":"mascherano-and-what-if-the-game-is-away-no-one-complains-about-messi-to-fill-the-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/mascherano-and-what-if-the-game-is-away-no-one-complains-about-messi-to-fill-the-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Mascherano: &#8220;And what if the game is away? 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That&#8217;s the problem,&#8221; he said sternly at a post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__summary\">\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--video  video-dailymotion ue-c-article__media-video-responsive ue-c-article__media-video-responsive--16-9\"><figcaption class=\"ue-c-article__media-caption\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p><span class=\"ue-c-article__media-description\">Mbapp is behind the Puerto Rico Show on Bad Bunny<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mascano admitted they would accept the rules, but did not share the league&#8217;s decision: &#8220;I have an opinion on what happened yesterday. I commented on it. I didn&#8217;t come here. 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