Messi’s “betrayal” of Riqui Puig: This was Callender’s “little help” to save the penalty against his former teammate

Lionel Messi brings out his charm once again and saves Inter Miami from their first competitive defeat of the season. After a double block with Jordi Alba, the Argentine star scored the 1-1 against the Los Angeles Galaxy at the end of the match, in his second match in the MLS (Major League Soccer) in the United States. But not only that, Leo was also crucial for Callender to save a penalty against his former Barcelona teammate, Riqui Puig.

12 minutes of play, when the first dangerous play for the Aironi arrives. In an unfortunate move, Sergio Busquets brought down Josep Paintsil inside the area and referee Gabriel Ciampi awarded a penalty for the locals.

The person in charge of taking the shot that could have changed the development of the match was Riqui Puig. But this did not happen. Drake Callender reached the left post and managed to save the penalty.

There is a sequence a few seconds before Puig takes his penalty that was not seen in the official broadcast, but which did not go unnoticed on social networks.

It all happened when A fan who was at the stadium filmed the exact moment Messilocated in the center of the courtyard, a few meters from the central circle,He indicated to his goalkeeper which way the 24-year-old Spanish midfielder would kick..

Pulga knows Puig’s movements very well, given that he shared the Barcelona team with him for two years (2019/2020) and (2020/2021). Therefore, after sensing the sector of the goal that Puig was about to kick, she decided to help Callender.

“Messi always knows”, was the phrase contained in the video which was made in a few minutes and went viral on the Internet.

Finally in the 75th minute the first goal for the Los Angeles Galaxy was about to arrive. This time Leo could do nothing to prevent the goal, and it was the Serbian Dejan Joveljic who scored to vibrate the almost 27,000 fans who filled the Dignity Health Sports Park stadium in the city of Carson.

The next match that Messi and his teammates will play will be on Saturday 2 March against Orlando City in the new Chase Stadium, starting at 6.30pm (Argentine time).