2023-07-13 11:36:54
Despite the disappointing results and the last place in the Major League Soccer, Inter Miami is in the limelight as its supporters fight to get cards for next season’s matches at exorbitant prices, prompting the club to expand its stadium capacity. There is only one reason for that: their team’s contract with Argentine star Lionel Messi is the world champion.
The Argentine star brought by signing with Inter Miami a breath of fresh air in the hope that his presence would contribute to a real start to the American League following several unsuccessful attempts. His arrival also aroused the passion of Miami fans, where many Latin Americans live.
Upon Messi’s arrival in Fort Lauderdale, regarding 50 kilometers north of Miami, where Inter Miami Stadium is located, regarding twenty fans were present to greet the world champion with a banner that read, “We are waiting for you, Messi.”
They were singing and chanting the name of their lover at the entrance to the airport, and were happy to be there even without seeing Rosario’s son in person.
“I feel very good because I know that even if I don’t see him here, I will see him in an hour, next week or in 10 days,” said Ariel Gonzalez, 56. “We are right behind him.”
The departure of Messi (36 years) from the French club Paris Saint-Germain and his signing with Inter came as a surprise to many, although Inter had been working on it for a long time. However, his offer was met with an attractive Saudi offer and the possibility of returning to his former club, Barcelona, Spain.
Miami fans began counting the days that separate them from the first official match for Messi, which may be on the 21st of this year, in the League Cup, the competition organized by the American and Mexican leagues.
For Raul Patino, who moved to Miami 22 years ago in Florida, Messi’s arrival represents the “before and following” of soccer history in the United States.
He said in this regard, “He is one of the best players in the world, just like Pele or Maradona. In 10 years, when you ask a teenager what game he wants to play, he will answer football, it will be because of Messi’s influence on these children.”
Messi fever
Inter Miami, in which former English soccer player David Beckham is among its shareholders, is aware of the economic opportunities offered by the arrival of Messi, the 7-time Ballon d’Or winner. As soon as his signing was announced, the price of the cheapest ticket for his potential debut, once morest Mexico’s Krossol, went from $29 to $329 on online sales platform TechPeek, an increase of more than a thousand percent.
The club had announced the arrival of other prestigious names, starting with former Argentina coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino or former Spanish international Sergio Busquets, Messi’s former Barcelona teammate, as well as increasing the capacity of its stadium.
Messi’s craze took other forms in Miami’s artistic Wynwood neighborhood, such as the huge portrait of the player painted by compatriot Makismiliano Bagnasco and placed on the facade of a building. The Argentine artist has finished the first step, the smiling footballer’s face, but will now move on to the next step: the player’s body with its new colours.
He works with extreme precision every morning, with the help of an umbrella to protect him from the scorching heat of the last days.
“I drew a huge model of Messi in Albania, and during my stay there, I received the news of his move here. Many of my acquaintances told me following that that I should also paint him in Miami,” Banascu says.
Another Argentinean, Juan Tavoas, admits he was surprised by the enthusiasm generated by Messi’s arrival in Miami. “There is a kind of madness regarding what Messi represents to us Argentines.”
And he added, “Now this madness is taking over Miami as well. In all the stores there is his picture on the shirts, it is everywhere, you feel that you are in Buenos Aires or Rosario (Messi’s birthplace).”
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