Hundreds of Salvadorans waited between Thursday night and early Friday for the Argentine’s arrival Lionel Messi at a hotel near the capital, where he and his other colleagues were staying. Inter Miami (USA).
Inter Miami, where Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba also play, and the Uruguayan Luis Suárez joins, will play a friendly match this Friday night against the El Salvador team, rated by soccer fans and local that sports press as a historical fact.
Men and women, youth, adults and children accompanied by their parents wore the shirts of Inter Miami, Argentina and Barcelona, with the name Messi and the number 10. To make the wait shorter, Argentine followers and Soccer fans chanted the name of the 36-year-old from Rosario and danced to the Argentine song Muchachos.
Even the agents of the Order Maintenance Unit (UMO) could not stop the followers of the Argentine star from running to meet the buses where the players of Inter Miami were being taken to get congratulations. Afterwards, Salvadorans stood outside the hotel and repeated Messi’s name in unison. Failing to achieve the goal of seeing the striker, the fans chose to go home.
The Salvadoran team hopes to beat Inter Miami in the friendly scheduled for 7:00 pm local time (01:00 GMT on Saturday) at the Cuscatlán stadium. This match represents the beginning of the preparation of the Salvadoran team for the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
Under the direction of Spaniard David Dóniga, La Selecta had not won an official or friendly game in more than a year, a streak that ousted American-Salvadoran coach Hugo Pérez and dragged the Spanish Rubén de la Barrera in his short stint of only 4 games.
For its part, Inter Miami begins the first international tour in its history with this match which could mark the debut of Uruguayan striker Suárez, the club’s latest star signing for the new season.
Source: La Verdad
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