At 8:30 a.m. Beijing time on February 16, a friendly match between the club was played at Lockhart Stadium against Inter Miami of the American Professional League and Newell Old Boys of the Argentine Premier League, which was the last warm-up match of Inter Miami before the start of the season. In the first half, Messi and Suarez started the game, and the two sides exchanged blanks, and in the second half, Messi was replaced in the 60th minute, and substitute Bolgreen scored with a header, and Sailor made a mistake to concede the goal. In the end, Inter Miami drew 1-1 with Newell's Old Boys.
Inter Miami and Newell Old Boys, one is Messi's current club and the other is Messi's parent club. In this game, Messi entered the starting list, and Suarez, Alba and other famous players also started the game. So far, in the Miami International preseason, Messi has only not played in Hong Kong, China.
In the 4th minute, Alba dribbled the ball to the box on the left side and the low cross was blocked by the defender. In the 11th minute, Messi went straight in the middle of the field, and Diego Gomez's shot in the middle of the penalty area was destroyed by the defender.
In the 29th minute, Newell's old boy midfield went straight to the middle, and Ramirez stepped forward to dribble into the penalty area and shot the goalkeeper saved. In the 31st minute, Messi won the ball in the middle of the field and took it into the penalty area and fired a low shot that missed the right post.
In the 38th minute, Miami International won a set-piece at the edge of the penalty area, Messi took the penalty directly, and the ball was slightly off the left post. In the 41st minute, Inter Miami launched a counterattack, Messi dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area, and Diego Gomez volleyed high over the crossbar from the left side of the box.
At the end of the first half, the two sides exchanged blanks and the game was temporarily tied 0-0.
In the second half, Newell's volley from the right side of the penalty area was saved by goalkeeper Callender, and the follow-up shot was destroyed by the defender. In the 58th minute, Messi received a through ball on the left side of the penalty area, cut through the pass along the bottom line, and hit the side net from a small angle.
In the 60th minute, Inter Miami made a substitution, Messi was replaced by Bolgreen and Suarez was also replaced. In the 66th minute, buried in Mi International got a corner kick opportunity on the left side, the corner kick was passed into the penalty area, Bolgreen nodded the ball and scored the goal, Miami International led 1-0!
In the 71st minute, Alba was also substituted and Boudwhite came on. In the 81st minute, Campana received a side kick at the top of the penalty area, dribbled into the penalty area and shot with his left foot, which was blocked by the goalkeeper. In the 84th minute, Sailer made a mistake in dribbling at the front of the penalty area and was cut off, Diaz took the ball to the middle of the penalty area and pushed the goal, Newell Old Boy equalized 1-1!
The match ended shortly after, with Inter Miami drawing 1-1 with Newell's Old Boys.
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