Messi opens goal account in 2025 season
According to the American press, this was the coldest match of Messi's career. The Argentine star has never had to play in such harsh weather conditions, including his long time playing for Barcelona and PSG in Europe.
Despite the extremely cold weather, Messi played extremely well to help Inter Miami win the opening match of the 2025 season.
Despite the unfavorable weather conditions and hard pitch, coach Mascherano still took the risk of sending Messi to the field from the start with veteran striker Suarez in attack, because the famous player always wanted to play in the opening match of Inter Miami's season.
In addition, the team, owned and co-chaired by David Beckham, also started with new faces such as strikers Tadeo Allende and Telasco Segovia. Veteran midfielder Sergio Busquets also started from the start, they only missed defender Jordi Alba due to a suspension from last season.
With a strong squad, including the excellent central defender Gonzalo Lujan alongside two rising young stars Tomas Aviles and Noah Allen (both 20 years old), Inter Miami played very solidly at home. Before launching many sharp attacks to overwhelm Sporting Kansas City right from the first half of the match. However, unfortunately, both Messi and Suarez had many scoring opportunities in the first 45 minutes, but the shots of these famous players were not on target.
In the second half, Inter Miami maintained strong pressure against Sporting Kansas City. In the 56th minute, from a beautiful pass from Busquets, the attack on the home field was transformed, allowing Messi to break through and dribble past the opposing defenders, then shoot diagonally with his weaker right foot to score a beautiful opening goal of 1-0.
Messi opens goal account early in the opening match of the 2025 season
Messi's goal boosted Inter Miami's morale, overcoming the weather difficulties. They controlled the match extremely firmly, successfully defending their favorable 1-0 victory after 90 minutes of courageous play. In the final minutes, Sporting Kansas City players increased the pressure in hopes of finding an equalizer, but failed.
This first-leg win gives Inter Miami an advantage when they host Sporting Kansas City in the second leg at home at 8am on February 26 to increase their chances of qualifying for the round of 16 of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. If they advance, Messi and his teammates will only face a weaker opponent, the Cavalier Club (from Jamaica), and can fully hope to advance to the quarterfinals and aim for the championship.
Alternating the return match with Sporting Kansas City, Inter Miami will play their 2025 MLS season opener against New York City FC at 7:30 a.m. on February 23.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/messi-ghi-sieu-pham-trong-tran-dau-lanh-nhat-tai-nuoc-my-185250220100646819.htm
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