Lionel Messi’s impossible dribble that blew away Inter Miami fans on his 2024 MLS debut

Lionel Messi has unlocked a new level of dribbling in his vast repertoire. This Wednesday, at Inter Miami’s debut in the 2024 MLS, the Argentine star blew away the fans of the Chase stadium in the city of the state of Florida and justified the price that more than 25,000 people paid to see him. It was a different magic, unlike anything he had seen in his career.

It happened at the end of the first half, when the 36-year-old from Rosario was about to take advantage of a bad mistake by the Real Salt Lake defense and goalkeeper Zac MacMath. Messi recovered the ball near the penalty area and had time and space to decide how to score the second goal, after assisting Robert Taylor to make it 1-0.

Pulga begins to cut inwards with her trademark left-foot cut, but closes the corner and reaches the spot where rival defender Emeka Eneli was left lying on the grass.

As he was about to collide with the ball, Messi had the brilliant idea to “cut” the ball so that it passed over his body and was allowed to finish, although he ran into several legs which blocked his shot attempt , and ended up losing possession and regretting the missed opportunity.

But this mattered little to the fans in the stands, because even as the different repetitions were played on the screens located in the stalls, everyone had the same shocked reaction: “Ooooohhhhhh.”