The captain of the Argentine National Team starred in the most tense moment of the match against América, celebrating in front of the Mexican crowd, showing his last name and making the gesture that his country has three World Cups and they have none.
Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami tied 2-2 with América from Mexico and won on penaltiesin a match that featured the Argentine star for his crossing with the Mexican fans.
The match started favorably for América, who opened the scoring 31 minutes into the first half through Henry Martín. The Mexican striker scored alone in front of the goal after a great team play.
Lionel Messi’s provocative celebration in front of Mexican fans after Inter Miami’s victory
However, Messi got the tie for his team just three minutes later with a header in the six-yard box. It was here when the man from Rosario starred in the most tense moment of the match, when celebrating in front of the Mexican fans, showing his last name and making the gesture that his country has three World Cups and they have none.
It seemed that América was going to take the victory, since 17 minutes into the second half they took the lead again thanks to Israel Reyes Romero, but Argentine defender Tomás Avilés achieved the agonizing tie for the American team at 92 minutes .
In this way, the match had to be decided on penalties, where Rocco Ríos became a hero as Inter Miami won 3-2.
The meeting took place at the Allegiant Stadium in the city of Las Vegas, with capacity for 65 thousand spectators.
Inter Miami’s next match will be a friendly against Universitario de Perú, on January 29.
Source: Ambito
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