Photo: AFP.
The Argentine star Lionel Messibrand new winner of his third FIFA The Best award, will play this Friday with Inter Miami his first match of the year when he faces the team of The Savior.
The match will be played from 10:00 p.m. (Argentine time) at the Cuscatlán stadium in the capital of the Central American country and will be broadcast on the official MLS website in Spanish: www.mlses.com.
Messi’s first visit to El Salvador causes a sensation and it is estimated that the stadium with capacity for 44 thousand people will be packed despite the excessive price of tickets. from 200 to 500 dollars.
Messi will play again sixty days after the historic victory with the Argentine team against Brazil (1-0) at the Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro for the South American Qualifiers.
After that November 21 that ended with the surprising statement from coach Lionel Scaloni, the brand new winner of FIFA’s The Best award for Best Player 2023 was on vacation in his native Rosario and on January 7 he returned to Miami to start the preseason.
Messi, Suárez, Alba and Busquets, on Martino’s squad list / Photo: X @InterMiamiCF.
In the framework of the first friendly, the winner of eight Ballon d’Ors will meet again on a playing field with the Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez his friend and former partner in Barcelona, Spain.
Messi and Suárez played 258 games together in Barcelona and 99 goals emerged from this partnership: the Rosario player scored 56 with an assist from the Uruguayan and “Pistolero” scored 43 with passes from “Leo.”
The last time they shared the court was on August 14, 2020 in the remembered elimination in the quarterfinals of the European Champions League against Bayern Munich with a resounding 8-2 defeat.
Suárez, who comes from being a scorer and idol in Gremio in Brazil, will join the team of the other former “culé”, the Spanish Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
Pure football ⚽???? pic.twitter.com/94HH3lQkcM
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) January 18, 2024
With this all-star team, Inter Miami plans to surpass last year’s $120 million in profits.
The franchise, co-owned by Englishman David Beckham, sold out all the 2024 season tickets, which doubled their prices compared to last season.
The cheapest one cost 845 dollars and the most luxurious ones sold for 45 thousand.
Messi, Suárez, Busquets, Alba and Benjamín Cremaschi are the faces of the itinerant preseason that the squad led by Gerardo Martino will carry out.
How Messi’s friendly tour with Inter continues
The delegation will travel nearly 37 thousand kilometers to play six friendly matches in five different countries. The tour will continue with the following matches:
Going global ✈️ ????
Check out all the stops of our 2024 preseason tour as we get back on the pitch to prep for the upcoming season ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/7XQlC1qmek
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) January 18, 2024
-January 22: FC Dallas, estadio Cotton Bowl.
-January 29: Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia.
-February 1st: Al Nassr, Arabia Saudita.
-February 4: Hong Kong Combined.
-February 7th: Vissel Kobe, Japan.
-February 15: Newell’s, DRV Stadium PNK.
On March 7 it will be the turn for the presentation in the Concacaf Champions League and a week later Messi will face the first FIFA date of the year with the Argentine national team with a new trip to Asia to play two friendlies in China.
2024-01-18 16:38:00
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