Messi is ready to 'show off' for the new season, Inter Miami strongly reforms internally

"Inter Miami concluded their preparations for the 2025 season on February 15, after a 2-2 draw against their city rivals Orlando City SC. Notably, Inter Miami's two goals in this match were scored by new signings Tadeo Allende and Fafa Picault, with the equalizer in injury time coming after Messi and Suarez had both been taken off the field more than 15 minutes earlier. This also suggests that Inter Miami may have chosen additional solutions once their top players are overloaded or locked down by their opponents," AS newspaper assessed.

Messi is ready for the new season with Inter Miami

"Last season, Inter Miami won the MLS Supporters' Shield (the qualifying round of the US professional soccer league), but said goodbye to them in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs.

One of the reasons at that time was that Inter Miami was too dependent on Messi and his friends Suarez, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets. These were all famous players over 35 years old. Therefore, the fact that they played continuously at a high frequency made it impossible to maintain peak performance.

Besides, in the 2024 season, Inter Miami still lacks squad depth, so they cannot rotate players to create freshness in their playing style," AS expressed.

Inter Miami's dramatic change ahead of the 2025 season with the arrival of coach Mascherano, along with the heavy spending of team owners such as president and co-owner David Beckham and billionaire Jorge Mas, has significantly changed the team's internal strength, according to AS .

Inter Miami has recruited 6 new players, currently only center back Maximiliano Falcon has not yet made his debut, the remaining players have quickly made their mark. In the 5 training matches with Inter Miami's unbeaten record, new players such as Tadeo Allende and Fafa Picault each scored 2 goals like Messi. The remaining players each contributed 1 goal including Suarez, Federico Redondo, Benjamin Cremaschi, Tomas Aviles, Noah Allen, Ryan Sailor, the Spanish newspaper added.

Messi played in all of Inter Miami's training matches, but did not play the full 90 minutes in any of them.

"This is considered a big change for Inter Miami, when their playing style became more dangerous thanks to the transition to counter-attacking defense once the famous players Messi and Suarez left the field. Young stars such as Cremaschi, Tomas Aviles, Noah Allen, Israel Boatwright (all 19, 20 years old), or Santiago Morales (18 years old), were promoted from the youth team and gradually found their place in the first team and replaced the role of their seniors.

These positive signals give Messi and Inter Miami a lot of prospects in the 2025 season in their goal of conquering championships such as the MLS Cup and CONCACAF Champions Cup, as well as the Leagues Cup. This year, Messi and his teammates will also participate in the major tournament FIFA Club World Cup," AS emphasized.

Messi and his teammates will enter the first official match of the 2025 season against Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup round 1 at 8:00 a.m. on February 19. Meanwhile, they will play the opening match of the MLS season against New York City FC at 2:30 a.m. on February 23.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/messi-san-sang-bung-lua-cho-mua-giai-moi-inter-miami-cai-to-manh-me-noi-bo-185250216133419481.htm