The American team played a friendly match against the team from the Central American country. Hours before the showdown, the controversial president visited the footballers at the hotel where they are staying.
The days of Lionel Messi In El Salvador, they have been busy. Not only because of the friendly match that Inter Miami played against the team from the Central American country. Also due to the presence of Nayib Bukele in the concentration of those led by Gerardo Martino. The president visited the team and was photographed shaking the Argentine’s hand.
The president decided to show up at the hotel a few minutes before the team took the bus to the stadium where the friendly match was being played. In fact, his presence on the scene delayed the match for a few moments. It was a brief meeting, during which Bukele took advantage of several recordings and gave a speech to the players . While the commitments were contested, the highest Salvadoran authority posted the photographs on its social networks.
On the football side, Inter Miami drew 0-0 against the El Salvador team at the Cuscatlán stadium. It was the debut of Uruguayan Luis Suárez, who started alongside Messi, playing 45 minutes. The Uruguayan joins his former Barcelona teammate after a successful spell at Gremio in Brazil. In his presentation he assured that he accepted the offer from MLS with the intention of continuing to add titles.
“You have to dream big and why not aim for four titles. It depends on us, we have to show it on the pitch. It’s nice to remember the great moments we experienced together in Barcelona, another reason is to see them again. It reminds me of a nice memory and it’s time to show it,” said the striker.
Encounter with Magic
Nayib Bukele wasn’t the only person Messi shared with in El Salvador. Before the meeting too He spent some time with Jorge Alberto González. El Mágico, as he was nicknamed, is considered the best footballer in the country’s history. American and this Friday he entered the field and hugged the man from Rosario.
As they both greeted each other, loud applause rang out across the sports venue. Then the former footballer spoke to Suárez. He also had the opportunity to kick the ball, under the watchful eye of the former PSG player.
The friendly match against El Salvador opened an international tour that will lead Inter Miami in Saudi Arabia, to face Al Hilal and Al Nassr of the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, where the old confrontation between the two could be revived. They will then travel to Hong Kong and Tokyo.
The match between Al Nassr and Inter Miami takes place just a few days after CR7 assured that the Saudi league is better than Ligue 1, where Messi was until a few months ago. I think the Saudi Pro League will be one of the top three leagues in the world. The people here will be proud,” said the Lusitanian.
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