Lionel Messi’s Triumphs with Inter Miami: World Champion, US Open Cup Final, and the Right Career Move

2023-08-24 07:56:14

The 2022 World Champion won his first title with his new club, Inter Miami, at the expense of Nashville, with a penalty shootout in the American and Mexican League Cups, scoring his tenth goal in seven matches since moving to Florida City Club in the final of the competition.

And the Argentine star is close to winning his second title with the colors of his new team, Inter Miami, following qualifying with him for the final of the US Open Cup in football, by defeating Cincinnati on penalties 5-4 following a 3-3 tie in regular and extra time on Wednesday.

The 36-year-old signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Inter Miami last month, but said he did not think regarding the stage following the expiry of his current contract.

The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner said in an interview with Apple TV +, “I’m not thinking regarding it (retirement) yet. Honestly. I love playing and I enjoy being with the ball on the field, competing and training.”

He continued, “I don’t know how much more I will play, but I will try to benefit so that I can, until I am healthy and then I will see. Later there will be time to think, analyze and choose.”

“The most important thing today is to enjoy what is left, whatever it is, it may be a little or a lot,” he said in the interview recorded before his new club won its last title last Saturday.

He added, “I enjoy every moment, especially since this will not come back, and following that I do not want to regret anything.”

Messi said that his experience so far with Inter Miami made him convinced that he had taken the right step following the expiration of his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, and reiterated his disappointment regarding his time in the French capital.

He pointed out that signing with Inter Miami “was a family decision, (to try) to look for the family’s interest. We spent two complicated years, and the truth is that we were not feeling well, we suffered.”

And Leo added, “It was like going back to how we were when we were in Barcelona, ​​​​where we enjoyed every day in sports, which was not happening to me.”

“My trips to the national team were my happiest moments because I enjoyed where I was, my team mates and I wanted to come here and find the same thing,” he said. “Today, following some time, I can say that we were not wrong and we were right when we said this was the right place,” he added.

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