Stealing the stolen Busquets? DePaul was fined by the American League for covering his face and pretending to fall

Miami International defeated New York City 4-0 away in the regular season. After winning this victory, Miami International advanced to the American League playoffs this season ahead of schedule. However, while celebrating the victory, Miami International suddenly received a ticket from the American League. It turned out that Miami International midfielder De Paul exaggerated to fake a fall during the game and was investigated and fined by the league.

The US League judged that DePaul deliberately made a move to act during the game. The league said in an official statement: "The APF Discipline Committee has fined International Miami midfielder De Paul for violating the league's policy on fake/exaggerated fouls in the 26th minute of the International Miami game against New York City FC on September 24 local time." The video released with the statement showed that the Argentine midfielder fell to the ground after contacting Perea and covered his face happily. However, the playback clearly shows that Pereya was protecting the ball at the time, and his left hand hit DePaul's arm, while his right hand just gently wiped DePaul, who fell to the ground in pain and was obviously acting.

DePaul's poor acting skills also reminded many fans of Busquets' "magical operation" back then! In the second leg of the 2009/10 European Champions League semi-finals, Barcelona midfielder Busquets was touched by Inter Milan player Thiago Mota and fell to the ground. During this period, the action of peeking at the referee's penalty was captured by the camera. The incident became the origin of his nickname "Professor Bu".

It is worth mentioning that Busquets is DePaul's teammate at Miami International, who has announced that he will retire after the end of the season. We have reason to suspect that DePaul is Busquets's closed disciple.

DePaul can still play in the next game in International Miami despite being fined. Mascherano's team has secured a playoff spot with five games left in the regular season. Currently, International Miami is on a intensive seven-game schedule, with them winning three of the first four games. Next, they will challenge Toronto FC away, then face the Chicago Flames and the New England Revolution in a row. Miami International's last two regular season games are: at home against Atlanta United on October 11, and then challenge Nashville away on October 18.