Messi and Luis Suarez, along with Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets, all play in the Inter Miami first team. This is also the first time in many years that the "four" famous players from Barcelona have played together for the same club.
Messi and Luis Suarez (front row, from left), along with Busquets (back row, second from left) and Jordi Alba (front row, right), played together for the first time in many years
However, the run-up of this once-famous "quartet" in the Inter Miami shirt was quite slow. They seemed to get into the rhythm a bit slowly in the first 45 minutes of the match, before having a few good combinations to create opportunities for Messi to score. But El Salvador goalkeeper Martinez made an excellent save.
The presence of Messi, Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets only helped Inter Miami control the ball more. Meanwhile, scoring opportunities were quite limited, including Messi's chance near the end of the first half and 2 other shots on goal. Meanwhile, the El Salvador team played more proactively with a defensive counter-attacking style, creating many dangerous situations for Inter Miami's goal.
After a 0-0 draw in the first half, in the second half, Inter Miami coach Tata Martino took Messi, Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets off, after they had just returned to pre-season training just over a week ago.
In the first training match of the 2024 MLS season, Inter Miami ended up drawing 0-0 with El Salvador.
Messi is still in pre-season training
More than 44,000 El Salvador spectators came to watch Messi play
Suarez debuts for Inter Miami but has yet to score
Defender Jordi Alba (left)
Inter Miami will continue their pre-season preparations with a match against FC Dallas (USA) on January 23. After that, Messi and his teammates will fly to Saudi Arabia to prepare for the Riyadh Cup against Al Hilal and Al Nassr (with Cristiano Ronaldo) on January 30 and February 2, respectively.
Also on the Asian tour, Inter Miami will travel to Hong Kong on February 4 and Japan on February 7 to face Vissel Kobe, before returning to the United States to face Newell's Old Boys (Argentina) on February 15. Messi and his teammates will play the opening match of the 2024 MLS season against Real Salt Lake at home on February 22.
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