Third worst forward of MLS averaging over three goals per game. The radical change of between miami has first and last name: Leo Messi. The Argentine star hit American soccer with seven goals in four games and his team, which qualified for the quarterfinals of the Leagues Cup, multiplied its scoring average by three.
With Messi in the team, Inter Miami scored thirteen goals in four games in the Leagues Cup; Before his arrival, the club reached the MLS break as the lowest team in the East, with just 18 points and 22 goals scored in 22 games.
There is no comparison between the performance seen before and after the signing of Messi. Inter Miami has a -14 goal difference in MLS, while in its four games in the Leagues Cup it has a plus seven.
The team of brothers Jorge and José Mas and the British David Beckham have barely added three points in their last eleven games, without knowing victory. It has sunk to the bottom of the MLS East, twelve points from the ‘playoff’ positions, although it has two fewer games compared to DC United and Chicago Fire, where the last tickets will be played to access the league postseason. .
The horizons changed completely on July 21, when Messi had a movie premiere in a pink Inter Miami shirt. With the score at 1-1 and in stoppage time, the Argentine gave his team victory with a perfect free kick. Since then, Argentine coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino’s Inter Miami, who also brought in Azulgranas Sergi Busquets and Jordi Alba, beat Atlanta United 4-0, won 3-1 in the round of 32 against Orlando and move forward , with an epic comeback. driven by Messi, against Dallas.
In his three games as a starter, the former FC Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain striker scored three doubles and always scored before eight minutes into the game. The Argentine star is now working at the Florida Blue Training Center in Fort Lauderdale focusing on the Leagues Cup quarterfinal match against Charlotte, after saving Inter Miami in the round of 16.
The ‘Messi effect’, a blessing for MLS
With his team down 2-4 on the scoreboard in the 80th minute, Messi set up Marcos Farfán’s own goal and scored from a direct free kick to make it 4-4 forcing penalties. He scored from eleven meters in the shootout and his team continued its journey in this tournament, measuring MLS teams with those in the MX League.
Full stadiums, soaring viewership on Apple TV, the platform that broadcasts all American soccer matches, and unbridled enthusiasm throughout the team. This is the Messi effect, a true blessing for MLS and for spreading his brand around the world.
Source: La Verdad
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