La Pulga is preparing to travel to the United States in quest of a new final, leaving no detail to chance.
Messi’s “hidden cabal” at Inter Miami sparked outrage among his followers.
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Lionel Messi is gearing up to compete in a new final in the United States league.His Inter Miami will face FC Cincinnati in the US Open Cup semifinals on Wednesday, only days after winning the League Cup on penalties against Nashville.
La Pulga, as is customary, does not leave any detail to chance.In addition to requesting Tata Martino to include him from the start, he wants to go for more and win his second title with the Florida squad, despite the key string of games that he is dragging.And if that means keeping the cabals, then so be it.
In recent hours, an image of Messi’s “hidden cabal” began to spread.It happened upon his arrival in Cincinnati, and it caused quite a stir among his supporters on social media.A mob greeted the bus that took them from the airport and dropped the squad off at the concentration with clean breath.He barely got off the bus, smiled as he entered the hotel, and met the ecstatic crowd.And the element that drew the most attention was his rucksack, a white one that stood out from the rest of his classmates and happened to be the same one he used at the previous conference in Nashville.
Lionel Messi will make his debut on Wednesday in the semifinals of the US Open Cup, the country’s oldest soccer tournament.Inter Miami will travel to FC Cincinnati in the hopes of re-enacting their League Cup victory. The match will begin at 8:00 p.m. in Argentina at the TQL stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, and will be broadcast live by TyC Sports.Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake will face off in the other semifinal at 10:30 p.m.
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If Inter Miami advances and Houston Dynamo wins the other key, Messi’s team would play the final at their Fort Lauderdale stadium, while Real Salt Lake will play as a visitor at the Utah arena.The final of the United States’ oldest soccer event, which was originally played in 1914, will be held on September 27.The cup is named after Lamar Hunt, an American businessman who is credited with inventing the “Super Bowl” of American football.
Messi will try to lead Inter Miami to a new final after leading the club to its first trophy in the League Cup, which they won in a dramatic penalty shootout over Nashville.In less than a month, the Argentine national team captain transformed soccer in the United States, surpassing the historic mark of 44 trophies in his career.
The best player at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, at the age of 36, was the League Cup scorer, with ten goals in seven games.Messi will lead Gerardo Tata Martino’s club in one of the most difficult matches of this new round, as he travels to the MLS Eastern Conference leader.
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Cincinnati, which includes Argentines Luciano Acosta (former Boca Juniors and Estudiantes) and lvarez Barreal (former Vélez Sarsfield), lost on Sunday (3-0 against Columbus Crew, away) in the MLS restart after the break for the Leagues Cup, but still leads the table with 51 points in 24 games, 33 more than Inter Miami (who has two fewer games).
“A lot of coaches and teams were focused on how to stop one of the best players in the game. That will be our challenge. I saw how Nashville defended him in a good way but at one point Messi made an incredible play, scored the goal and that’s it, what else can you do? The franchise club from the Ohio stadium made its MLS debut in 2019 (a year before Inter Miami) and will also go to its first US Open Cup final.
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Prior to Messi’s arrival, Inter Miami’s journey in this event began at the end of April with an agonizing penalty shootout against Miami FC of the United States’ second division.Then, in early May, the club still led by Englishman Phil Neville defeated another promotion team, the Charleston Battery.
They met an MLS foe for the first time in the round of 16, Nashville, the same one from last Saturday’s final, and won 2-1 with to goals from Argentines Franco Negri and Nicolás Stefanelli, who are presently recovering from road injuries.
On June 7, they faced another second division team, Birmingham, and won 1-0 with another goal from Stefanelli, thanks to Argentine Javier Morales, former interim manager and current member of Martino’s coaching staff., who joined the club in January to strengthen the forward line after Gonzalo Higuain retired at the end of 2022.
