“Keep saying that it is finished!”: The emotional story of Lionel Messi’s goal with Inter Miami

Inter Miami managed to recover on time and took a key step in the Club World Cup. After the tie with Ahly, the team of Javier Mascherano I knew I couldn’t lose to Porto if I wanted to continue with Chances. In the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the beginning was uphill: the referee Cristián Marcelo Garay Reyes Penal charged after reviewing the VAR, and Found agrhowa He changed it by goal for the Lusitanians.

The herons were at a disadvantage and needed an urgent reaction to stay alive in the contest. In the second half, an overflow of Marcelo Wegand ended in great assistance to Tablasco Segoviawhich shot Claudio Ramos And marked the tie. Shortly after, the most anticipated moment came with the idol stamp: Lionel Messi He executed a perfect free kick and stuck the ball at the angle to seal 2 to 1.

Rosario’s work awakened worldwide admiration. In El Chiringuito, the journalist Matías Palacios He told him with overflowing emotion: “He did the best of all! Keep saying that it is finished! Keep saying that it is no longer what it was! It is always alive! It is still in force! Thank you for your football, Lionel Andrés Messi! You are everything, I read, always in our hearts!”

Beside him, the historic Carrasco wolf He did not hold the tears when he saw the work of art of the Argentine and offered an analysis with his heart in his hand: “He is the world champion and demonstrates it with those touches. Technically he has a huge superiority. You have to know how to manage the faults and he has looked that he did not have almost hollow on the left and bet on a place where a left -handed that does not have his quality would never bet.”

A new record and what is coming

Messi’s free kick goal raised him in a historical table: he reached 68 goals stopped and overcame the Serbian Sinisa Mihajlovic. Now is sixth, behind the Brazilians Marcelinho Carioca (78), Roberto Dinamite (75), Juninho Pernambucano (72), Marcos Assunção (69) y Zico (68). Another record that confirms its validity.

Inter Miami will now face Palmeiras, with the peace of mind to know that a draw classifies both of the round of 16. Instead, Porto, who failed to live up to it, must appeal to the miracle against Ahly. The disappointment was such that the continuity of Martín Anselmi As a coach, he already began to be in doubt.