Messi’s “invisible gang” at Inter Miami caused a stir among his fans.
Lionel Messi He is preparing to go in search of a new first division final United State. This Wednesday, your Inter Miami will face FC Cincinnati by US Open Cup semi-finalsa few days after its consecration League Cup vs. Nashville in penalties.
as often happens, La Pulga leaves no details to chance. In addition to claiming Tata Martino to include it from the startDespite the series of important matches that continue, He wants to go for more And adding his second title to the Florida team. And if that means keeping gangsThen no problem.
in the last few hours And a picture began to circulate, revealing a “hidden gang” of Messi. It was upon his arrival in Cincinnati that caused quite a stir among his fans on social networks. Immediately after the arrival of the bus that took them from the airport and deposited the group in the camp, And the audience greeted him with a pure soul. As soon as he got off the bus, he entered the hotel with a smile and greeted the fans who went crazy. And the enthusiastically received details were there White backpack Which is different from the rest of his classmates and that was a coincidence The same one he used at the last meeting in Nashville.
Lionel Messi will make his debut on Wednesday in the semi-finals of the US Open Cup, the oldest soccer tournament in the United States. Inter Miami will be a guest on FC Cincinnati with the aim of entering a new final after success in the League Cup, and the match will be held from eight o’clock in the evening, Argentina time, at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, at the Ohio Stadium. It will be broadcast by TyC Sports. The other semi-final game will be held at 10:30 pm between Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake.
And in the event that Inter Miami qualifies, and the other key winner is Houston Dynamo, Messi’s team will host its Fort Lauderdale stadium. While if Real Salt Lake qualifies, the final will be played by a visitor at Utah Stadium. The final of the oldest soccer tournament in the United States – the first edition was held in 1914 – will be held on September 27. The trophy is named after Lamar Hunt, an American businessman who made history for being the creator of the American Football Super Bowl.
And after winning the first title in the history of young Inter Miami the League Cup after defeating Nashville in a thrilling penalty shootout, Messi will try to lead the Florida team to a new final. The Argentina captain revolutionized soccer in the United States in one month, and with the last trophy he reached the historic milestone of 44 titles in his career.
At 36 years old, he was the best player in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar Top scorer in the League Cup with ten goals in seven games. Messi will lead Gerardo Tata Martino’s team in one of the most difficult matches in this new stage, as he will visit the current leader of the American League East.
Cincinnati, the team that includes Argentine Luciano Acosta (Boca Juniors team and its former students) and Alvaro Barreal (ex-Velez Sarsfield), lost on Sunday (3-0 to Columbus Crew, away) in MLS restart after the League Cup break, but remains top of the table with 51 points in 24 games, 33 points behind Inter Miami . (Contains 2 games less).
“A lot of coaches and teams were focused on how to stop one of the best players in the game. That’s going to be our challenge. You’ve seen how Nashville defended him well but at some point Messi put in a great display and scored the goal and that’s it, what else can you do? The franchise club from Ohio Stadium made its Major League Soccer debut in 2019 (a year before Inter Miami) and will also go to its first US Open Cup final.
And before Messi’s arrival, Inter Miami’s road to this tournament began at the end of last April, with a painful qualification on penalties against Miami FC, from the American League Two. Then, at the beginning of May, the Englishman Phil Neville’s team eliminated the Charleston Battery, another promotion team.
In the Round of 16, they faced MLS opponents for the first time, Nashville, the same finalists as last Saturday, and it was a 2-1 victory thanks to goals from Argentine Franco Negri and Nicolas Stefanelli, who are currently recovering from injury. Track injuries.
On 7 June, they faced another second-division team, Birmingham, in the quarter-finals, and under the leadership of Argentine Javier Morales, former caretaker coach and current member of Martino’s coaching staff, won 1-0 with another goal from Stefanelli, who arrived. At the club in January to bolster the attacking line after Gonzalo Higuain retires at the end of 2022.
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