Messi scores stoppage-time winner in Inter Miami debut FMTNews FMTSports
MIAMI: Lionel Messi made a rousing debut for Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami as he scored a stoppage-time winner to beat Liga MX’s Cruz Azul 2-1 on Friday in their Leagues Cup opener in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
“I knew I had to score, it was the last play of the game and I had to score so we didn’t go to penalties,” Messi said on the broadcast through a translator. Messi was introduced as “the world’s number 10” when he came into the game in the 54th minute, slipped the captain’s armband on his left arm and sent the crowd into a frenzy whenever he touched the ball.
But Messi, seven months removed from leading Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar, got his chance to shine once again. “It’s a dream come true for everybody in this stadium and everybody around this country to see Leo step into the MLS and perform and I don’t have many words for that.”
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