On April 14, Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami had a trip to the field of Sporting Kansas City Club within the framework of the American Professional League (MLS).
Under Messi’s attraction, the demand to go to the stadium to watch live increased rapidly. Initially, Sporting planned to hold the competition at its 18,000-seat home stadium. However, to meet fan demand, the team decided to temporarily borrow Arrowhead Stadium from the Kansas football team.
The price seems to be quite high, from 121 USD or more and is even pushed up many times on the «black market», but it is still sold out. According to statistics, 72,610 fans showed up. As noted, Messi and Inter Miami fans outperformed the home team.
According to the organizers’ announcement, more than 72 thousand spectators were present at the stadium – a record in the history of Sporting City football team.
Even though they are the away team, Inter Miami has a fan base that is said to be larger than the host team
Fans packed the stadium despite the rising prices
Messi fever is not over yet even though he has been in the US to play football for 9 months
Great atmosphere at Arrowhead Stadium
Most fans came to the stadium to witness Messi play football
American media described this as a rare thing, showing that Messi fever is still very strong even though he has been playing football at Inter Miami for 9 months.
Not living up to expectations, Messi shined with 1 goal and 1 assist to help Inter Miami win 3-2. This result helps Inter Miami temporarily rise to the top of MLS’s eastern rankings.
Messi shined to help Inter Miami win with a final score of 3-2 against Sporting City
