Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP) – Lionel Messi had two real Salt Lake Guards on either side of him, two and some yards in front of him. He quickly distanced the ball from all of them with his left leg, at a place where only team partners could reach Robert Taylor.
After moments, Inter Miami had the first goal of the Major League football season.
Taylor’s goal set a tone in the 39th minute, Diego Gomez added an insurance score to the 83rd minute and opened MLS’s 29th season with a 2–0 win over Real Salt Lake on Budhwar night to start the first full season of Messi with Inter Miami-Club.
Messi was in the form of midson, darting through the defenders and around it, giving almost to a crowd that he wanted to look almost on a free kick and then wanted to see through the first half by a corner kick midway.
MLS Commissioner Don Garber said, “I think the world’s eyes are on Inter Miami, and I hope that they are able to reach it and whatever expectations they have.” “Mostly, I just want to be good for their experience, to be successful, how they are deploying both in the league, but even worldwide. This is the story that I think is most important for us. ,
Messi scored 11 goals in 14 total matches with Inter Miami in the previous season, inspired the team for the league cup championship-its first trophy-some time later he shocked the world the world of about $ 150 million by signing a 2-2-year contract of about $ 150 million. He appeared in only six MLS matches in 2023, scoring once. The injuries slowed him late in the 2023 season and Inter Miami, which was out of the postson picture. When Messi joined the previous summer, the MLS playoffs did not make.
But the craze around it does not disappear. Lines for fans to buy their jerseys, which were the top-seller of MLS last year and a new sponsor design this year, was out of the Team Store door. He assisted on the first goal and Louis Suarez – one of his former Barcelona team colleagues, such as fellow Inter Miami Stars Sergio Busquets and Jordan Alba – turned into support on Suarez Gomez’s target with pass.
“I’m so happy,” said Suarez.
He looked like every claimant. This was not the case in the exhibition season.
Inter Miami started her season with an international Presiden Tour with seven matches in five different countries-a total of 25,000 miles, a total of eight goals, several forgiveness for the return of the fans, after missing a game in Hong Kong due to injury to Messi, and just one win.
But he completely controlled the first half of Wednesday’s match against a team, which made the playoffs of the Western Conference comfortably in the previous season. Messi also inflated the ball around Andrew Body, the defender of Salt Lake, who was injured and half in half, near the top of the penalty box, was easily weaving around it. Body was capable of living in the game.
Miami’s coach Gerrardo “Tata” Martino said, “If someone was suspicious of what this team could do, I think the first half showed them.”
Inter Miami, according to Fanduel Sportsbook, enters the weather as a favorite to win everything. Messi’s team is listed as a 5–2 favorite to win the MLS Cup, while Messi and Suarez Golden are the top two pics to win the boot-the lead scorer of the League was given.
Club is originally a similar-favorite favorite for winning supporters Shield as the top regular-season club of MLS. And if someone worked at Inter Miami to make the playoffs of the Eastern Conference, he would stand to take advantage of Better to take advantage of $ 1 if Messi creates a club area – which means that it is considered a complete poston lock.
It should be noted that the club has to win the playoff match yet. Inter Miami has been in the playoffs twice, ending both occasions on both occasions, both 3–0 score.
“You don’t have to jump the gun,” Martino said. “It was just a game.”
But Messi needle – every needle – takes so much. He turned 37 in June and eight -time Ballon D’Or winners still attract attention, on the field and outside, such as almost no one else in the game. Apple TV on Wednesday released the first episode of the “Messies World Cup: The Rise of a Legend”, and the streaming service (with a 10 -year deal of at least $ 2.5 billion with MLS) was part of the group that picked Messi during his process of deciding to join the league last year.
Apple has not released the numbers, but senior vice -president AD Q on Wednesday said that he was “surprised” how successful Messi’s year 1 in MLS was.
“We had a tremendous first season,” said Qu. “The amount of the amount of the audience was on what we ever expected. The time people were watching the game, it is more than any game I have seen. ,
Messi frenzy continues. And the number 1 in the year 2 is the win.
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