2024 Lionel Messi It had started negatively, with a draw and a defeat in the friendlies against Inter Miami. But this Monday, in Saudi Arabia, Pulga managed to score her first goal of the yearmarking the start of the partial comeback against Al Hilalin the Riyadh Season Cup.
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Clinician from the place. Leo gets his first goal of 2024. pic.twitter.com/ifVwWl0d6W
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) January 29, 2024
Messi’s first half wasn’t good, but in the second half the whole team’s attitude changed. It was the American David Ruiz who entered the area and forced the premature arrival of Mohammed Jahfali, who after the VAR check, caused the sanction of the Brazilian referee Edina Alves Batista.
Thus, in the 53rd minute, the Argentine did not fail from a point where he usually does not make mistakes. He chose a high cross shot that hit goalkeeper Habib Al-Watyan in the left corner.
So, between the three friendlies played this preseason, Lionel Messi took 161 minutes on the pitch to score his first goal.
Source: Clarin
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