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.Messi drew a foul about 25 yards from goal in the dying seconds and stepped up to deliver what every
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. Messi's Miami debut coincidentally came 16 years to the day after Beckham played his first game for MLS side LA Galaxy.
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