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Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami debut was better than expected.
The match was Inter Miami’s first in theLeagues Cup, a monthlong competition between Major League Soccer and Liga MX sides. Messi and Inter Miami’s next match is on July 25 against Atlanta United.
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Kardashian, 42, attended the game with her 7-year-old sonSaint West, whom she said is “obsessed with soccer.”
“I will do anything for my babies,“Kardashian told Major League Soccer. “So I traveled the world. We dosoccer trips. All summer, we’re going to different exhibition games.”
The Kardashiansstar said she played soccer herself for “five or six years” and is happy to have a common love for their sport with her son.
She added that she was “happy to see David and Victoria,” who recently celebrated their24th wedding anniversaryearlier in July. David, 48, called signing Messi to Inter Miami a “dream come true"when introducing Messi as a member of the team.
“Ten years ago, I started my journey to build a new MLS team,” Beckham said,per ESPN, during a ceremony that took place a few days before the big game. “I said then, I dreamt of bringing the best players in the world to South Florida and to the great city of Miami. Players who shared our ambition to grow soccer in this country … We are so happy that you are all here to celebrate this incredible moment.”
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The event became one to look out for after the Argentinian-born forward first announced that he was taking his talents to South Beach afterleading Argentina to its third World Cupin January.
“I havemade the decision that I am going to Miami,” he told Spanish outlets Mundo Deportivo and Sport in June. “I still don’t have it agreed upon 100% and a few things are needed, but well, we decided to continue my path there.”
The World Cup championship wasMessi’s first, which inspired him to challenge himself and enjoy the game “in another way.”
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“After winning the World Cup and not being able to return to Barcelona, it was my turn to go to the league of the United States to live football in another way and to enjoy the day to day more,” he added. “Obviously, with the same responsibility and desire to play well and do things well as always. But in a calmer way.”
source: people.com
