Outside the Wake hotel in Medellín, located in El Poblado, the hundreds of soccer fans who arrived to wait for the arrival of the Inter Miami They went “crazy” when the bus that was taking them from the José María Córdova airport approached the place. “Messi, Messi, Messi”they shouted non-stop, very loudly, hailing the presence of the Argentine soccer player who came to the city, after 13 years, to play a preseason match against Atlético Nacional.
People arrived early. The American team was scheduled to arrive at the hotel at nine at night. A couple of hours before, the fans were already outside the meeting place, near the El Tesoro Shopping Center. Everyone wanted to see Messi for the first time. Really few achieved it.
Inter arrived at the hotel from the airport on Expreso Bolivariano bus 3607. Before he descended, with his pink Inter Miami suitcase in hand, Rodrigo De Paul, his Argentine friend who seems to be the bodyguard of what many consider the best soccer player in history, got out. The people screamed. The player waved his hand and, walking quickly, entered the hotel to rest.
