he’s harmless in midfield, invents unrealistic assists

Who thought so Lionel Messi left to play in the United States to enjoy a very rich retirement, forced to change his mind again after what Pools did in Semi-finals of the US Open Cup. who saw him Inter Miami encounter aFC Cincinnati. Despite not entering his name on the scoresheet, he is a seven-time Ballon d’Or winner. made his mark in reaching the final, which ended only on penalties after a pyrotechnic score of 3:3, which ended extra time.

But why if the match had not yet ended by the end of regular time, the merit belongs entirely to the 36-year-old Argentinean and another spell plucked out of the hat when his team was almost certain to take off. In fact, he made sure to fix Miami 2-0 with 22 minutes left.. And, as so often happened to him in his career, he did it far from trivial. One of his In fact, a free-kick assist put Leonardo Campana at 2-1. and resume qualifying games.

But the real magic happens when there is only one minute left of the eight minutes added by the referee.

now Cincinnati thinks he’s brought home the win. An unrealistic trocar assist that once again allowed the Ecuadorian center forward to send the ball into the net, fix the score 2-2 and save Inter Miami from inevitable relegation. Lionel Messi’s canopy that leaves everyone speechless: The Argentinian receives the ball in midfield and immediately turns what seemed harmless into a pearl surprise the opponent’s defense. The power and accuracy of the shot are perfect with a ball that appears to be controllable from a distance the moment he has the right circles to head off an opposing defender’s attempt with his head, and instead finds himself on the head of his teammate, who only has to head towards the net to score the goal that keeps his team alive.

A goal invented by Pulse that also reverses the momentum of the previous match in favor of Cincinnati.. In fact, minutes into overtime, Inter Miami even took the lead thanks to a goal from former Torino player Josef Martinez, who equalized in the second overtime courtesy of Kubo. The win that qualifies for the final (in which Messi and his comrades will challenge Houston) then boils down to a penalty. where goalkeeper Drake Callender, who saved a Hagglund penalty, and 18-year-old Argentinian-born Benjamin Cremaschi, who took the stage with the approval of the seven-time Golden Ball winner, converted the decisive penalty and provoked a party in the stadium. home in Miami.