Lionel Messi they move the crowds. And this became clear, for example, in social networks after his departure from psg: the club lost more than a million followers on Instagram alone. The Parisians have also been left without specific sponsors and will suffer losses in television rights. Otherwise, it happened with the announcement of his possible arrival at MLS: the entire league, especially the Inter Miamithey saw that everything went up.
Given this scenario, Sports news breaks down when the Argentine could debut in the United States.
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When and with whom would Messi make his debut at Inter Miami?
Inter Miami is currently in competition at US Open Cup and also at MLS. However, Lionel Messi’s first presentation at his new club would be for her League Cup, the third edition of the competition that brings together all the teams from Liga MX and MLS (it is worth noting that Messi will be available from July 1, one day after the end of his relationship with PSG). Those from Florida share South Key 3 with Blue Cross and Atlanta United.
Machine It will be exactly his first opponent, on July 21st, and that would be it the date indicated for the Argentine world champion’s debut in Qatar in 2022. The duel will take place in Fort Lauderdale, home of the DRV PNK Stadium (18,000 spectators), at 9:00 PM in Argentina (8:00 PM in the Eastern United States and 6:00 PM in CDMX).
This was confirmed by one of the key members of the club on Monday, Jorge Mas, in his statements to the press. “Lionel Messi comes to this country to win cups and make a difference. I think it’s up to me and my partners in the league, the other owners, to seize the moment.”he commented in statements made by the Miami Herald.
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Before that, there could be a chance he could play a friendly, although that would be the first official showdown for who is one of the greatest players of all time.
While it would be a very special match for Leo as well as the entire American League, Cruz Azul would take it that way as well. In this case would become the first Mexican club to see action against the Argentine and Cristiano Ronaldo. Luso measured vs. the CDMX team at the Club World Cup 2014. On that occasion, Real Madrid were crushed 4-0 by goals from Sergio Ramos, Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Isco.
