The friendly match before the 2024 MLS season between Inter Miami Club and El Salvador team on the morning of January 20 (Vietnam time), is the first match after more than 3 and a half years, the two famous players Messi and Luis Suarez have played together again since time in Barcelona.
Messi and Luis Suarez along with Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets all play in Inter Miami’s main squad. This is also the first time after many years that this “quartet” of famous players from Barcelona Club will play together in the same club shirt.
However, the momentum of this once-famous “foursome” in the Inter Miami shirt proved to be quite slow. Their pace seemed a bit slow in the first 45 minutes of the match, before having a few good combinations to create opportunities for Messi to score. But goalkeeper Martinez of the El Salvador team made an excellent save.
The presence of Messi, Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets only helps Inter Miami control more of the ball. Meanwhile, scoring opportunities were quite few, including Messi’s opportunity near the end of the first half and two other goal-kicking situations. While the El Salvador team played more proactively with a counter-attacking defensive style, creating many dangerous situations for Inter Miami Club’s goal.
After a 0-0 draw in the first half, in the second half, coach Tata Martino of Inter Miami took Messi, Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets off in turn, after they had only just returned to pre-season training for just over a year. recent week.
In the first training match of the 2024 MLS season, Inter Miami ended up drawing 0-0 with the El Salvador team.
Inter Miami Club will continue its preparation for the season with a match against FC Dallas (USA) on January 23. After that, Messi and his teammates flew to Saudi Arabia to prepare to attend the Riyadh Cup against Al Hilal and Al Nassr Clubs (with Cristiano Ronaldo playing) on January 30 and February 2, respectively.
Also on the Asia tour, Inter Miami also went to Hong Kong on February 4 and Japan on February 7 to meet Vissel Kobe Club, before returning to the US to play a match against Newell’s Old Boys Club (Argentina) on February 15. Messi and his teammates will play the opening match of the 2024 MLS season against Real Salt Lake Club at home on February 22.