Inter Miami-El Salvador by Messi, international friendly: what time it is, where and how to watch the match

He Inter You love me From Lionel Messi will face the football team tonight He savior, in the first friendly of the year for the MLS team. The match will be played at the Cuscatlán stadium in San Salvador, starting at 10pm (Argentine time), under the refereeing of the Salvadoran Iván Barton. The match is announced with the MLS streaming broadcast.

The local team knows how difficult the match will be, but even more difficult will be to propose a good defense scheme for the Argentine star, which is why the team continued to train throughout the week.

Facing Messi is “complicated”, acknowledged the coach of El Salvador, the Spaniard David Dóniga, who took over the reins of the team at the beginning of January and with whom he hopes to obtain a good result against the American team.

For Dóniga Messi cannot be played individually on the pitch, so it is necessary to look for a “collective” game plan to stop his attack.

“It’s difficult to find something that can stop a once-in-a-lifetime player,” Dóniga defined.

But on the field of play, El Salvador will not only face Messi, the participation of Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and the Uruguayan Luis Suárez, who would debut with the team in this match, is also expected.

With tickets sold out, the match aroused the interest of many Salvadorans who took to the streets this morning to welcome the Argentine star.

“Let’s not kid ourselves, Messi will score not one, but several goals, we have to act together, that boy plays and if ‘Selecta’ is careless we will be massacred. But it will be exciting.” see Messi and Suarez play against the national team,” a local fan told AFP.

Because of the match, in some places in San Salvador the sale of Inter Miami shirts with Messi’s number 10 and also of the Salvadoran national team is known.

The coach of Inter Miami, the Argentine Gerardo Martino, said in a press conference on January 11 regarding the match against El Salvador that what they are looking for is to start the preseason against a team “that will demand from us”.

After playing against El Salvador, Inter Miami’s next match will be a visit to FC Dallas on Monday 22 January, from where they will travel to the Asian continent to play in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and Japan.

Possible formations

The Saviour: Mario González – Bryan Tamacas, Rudy Clavel, Isaac Portillo, Diego Flores – Christian Martínez, Darwin Cerén, Amando Moreno, Eric Calvillo – Nelson Bonilla, Styven Vásquez. DT: David Dóniga.

InterMiami: Carlos Joaquim dos Santos – Jordi Alba, DeAndre Yedlin, Christopher McVey, Tomás Avilés – Sergio Busquets, Benjamin Cremaschi, Gregore Silva, Robert Taylor – Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez. DT: Gerardo Martino.