American fans come to the stadium to watch Messi play – Photo: REUTERS
On the morning of February 26, MLS witnessed the central match between two names of American football, LA Galaxy and Inter Miami. This match attracted unimaginable attention from American fans. LA Galaxy is the MLS team most loved by Americans. However, Messi ‘s appearance helped Iner Miami usurp LA Galaxy’s throne.
Therefore, the appeal of this duel is even more enhanced. Not only regular fans, some Hollywood stars and famous tennis player Novak Djokovic also came to the stadium to attend.
Dignity Health Sports Park has a capacity of only 27,000 seats, so ticket fever has occurred. The Daily Mail (UK) newspaper said fans had to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy tickets to watch this match.
This is an unprecedentedly expensive ticket price in the history of American football in general and the MLS tournament in particular.
Messi scored to save Inter Miami from defeat – Photo: REUTERS
In the stands, the camera lens also captured the moment fans unfurled banners reading “I sold my car to buy tickets to see Messi, Suarez, Busi (Busquets), Alba”. This fan also “asked for a shirt as a souvenir”.
The fans who came to the stadium to watch Messi play were not disappointed. The Argentine superstar had a sublime performance. Messi appeared in the starting lineup and played impressively before scoring a goal to tie the score 1-1 for Inter Miami in the 90+2 minute. This is also Messi’s first goal in MLS this season.
One fan said he had to sell his car to buy tickets to watch Messi play – Photo: TWITTER
Recently, superstar Lionel Messi entered American sports history as the first football player to become the most popular athlete in the United States. This statistic has just been published by SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
