Coach Mascherano reveals surprising things about Messi, David Beckham is impressed

According to coach Mascherano, Messi could have missed Inter Miami's 2-1 win over FC Porto on June 20 due to injury, but the player still endured the pain and played the entire match. Mr. David Beckham had to 'take his hat off in admiration'.

Messi helps Inter Miami make history at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup™

Now, no one will be looking at Inter Miami's place in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™. Messi's class is still there. This is exactly what the world football body always needs, hoping to create attraction for the first-ever Club World Cup tournament in history, according to Spanish newspaper Marca .

In just one moment, Messi created a fever for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ - Photo: Reuters

Messi's perfect free kick in the 54th minute gave Inter Miami their first win at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, against European powerhouse FC Porto. It has created a huge buzz among global viewers. "The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ is now really exciting," Marca said.

"Inter Miami became the first team in MLS (American professional soccer league) to defeat a famous team from Europe in an official tournament. Inter Miami is also the first team in the Americas to defeat a club in Europe, in an official FIFA tournament since Corinthians (Brazil) in 2012. Messi helped Inter Miami make history in just 5 years of appearing on the world football map (official competition)", Marca emphasized.

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This factor will certainly excite fans in the US, helping the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ create a buzz with viewers and hopefully the stadiums will start to get busier, according to Marca .

Messi helped Inter Miami make history - Photo: Reuters

Meanwhile, coach Mascherano revealed: "Messi played (against FC Porto) injured, with pain in his quadriceps. But the way he still came out and continued running was crazy. Messi was not guaranteed to play before the match."

According to the US press, during the training session before flying to Atlanta with the whole team to prepare for the match with FC Porto, Messi was caught checking his thigh many times, it seemed to be causing him discomfort. This is not a new injury, it has appeared for the past 3 years since this famous player and the Argentina team won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The fact that Messi is still playing, in a context where Inter Miami is almost dependent on him, shows how influential this famous player, who is about to turn 38, is in the young team founded by David Beckham (in 2018, officially playing in 2020), as well as being the president and co-owner.

"There is a Messi," said David Beckham.

Messi joined Inter Miami in July 2023. After more than 2 years, he has helped the team grow by leaps and bounds, with annual revenue skyrocketing and the team's value increasing by 103% to 1.19 billion USD (about more than 31,091 billion VND).

Now, he has helped the Miami-based team win their first ever FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, something no one could have predicted before the tournament, as all assessments said that this was just a bottom team and would soon say goodbye in the group stage.

David Beckham calls there is only one Messi and "no one like him" - Photo: Screenshot David Beckham/Instagram

However, Messi helped Inter Miami win against FC Porto, to put one foot in the round of 16, promising to continue the dream journey at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™.

In the final round of Group A, Inter Miami (4 points) only needs to draw with Palmeiras (also with 4 points) at 8am on June 24 to qualify. If they lose, they will have to hope that FC Porto does not beat Al Ahly (both with 1 point) in the match at the same time, then they will also qualify for the knockout round.

On Instagram, Mr. David Beckham only expressed one sentence about Messi to show his admiration: "There is no one like Messi", with the GOAT symbol (greatest player of all time).

Messi has surpassed David Beckham's playing record for direct free kicks, with 68 goals now compared to 65. "There really is only one Messi," David Beckham once said, after the Argentine helped his Inter Miami team win the MLS Supporters' Shield and break his own free kick scoring record in October 2024.

"We will try to play our way. Today we were weak, but we have our weapons. It will be another difficult match against Palmeiras. Of course we want to compete.

"We competed against a very strong team and perhaps we wasted the first half, because of the nervousness of the young players participating in a big tournament like this for the first time. But we kept our composure and came back stronger in the second half," Messi said after helping Inter Miami to a historic 2-1 victory over FC Porto on June 20.

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