Lionel Messi tackled to the ground during game after his famed bodyguard was not allowed on sidelines

Soccer legend Lionel Messi was tackled to the ground during a friendly in Puerto Rico on Thursday.

It happened around the 88th minute of an exhibition tour match. Several fans jumped onto the pitch at Juan Ramón Loubriel stadium. Messi's team, Inter Miami, was playing Ecuador’s Independiente del Valle in Bayamón when a fan ran to the center circle and grabbed Messi by the waist before both were pulled down by a security guard.

Messi appeared to be unharmed. The Argentine star immediately...