This is the match that sets many more records for Messi with American football and MLS. In particular, the presence of the famous Argentine player helped the New England Revolution Club welcome a record number of spectators to watch at Gillette Stadium for the first time in its history, with the exact number being 65,612 people buying tickets to enter the stadium.
According to journalist Joe Pompliano, sports finance analyst (USA): “This is Messi’s second match since the beginning of the season on the fields of teams in the NFL (American football), but it has been sold. sold out and set a viewership record. The previous match was at Arrowhead Stadium of Sporting Kansas City Club (Inter Miami won 3-2) with 72,610 spectators.
“Moreover, Messi’s huge impact also helps ticket prices for football matches on these fields increase significantly. For example, in the Inter Miami match against New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium, the average ticket price was 285 USD. (more than 7.2 million VND), higher than the average ticket price on this field when the New England Patriots play in the NFL tournament is 275 USD (about 6.9 million VND). This is the first time this has happened with American football”, journalist Joe Pompliano shared based on data published by the online ticket sales site Tick Pick .
With Messi’s charisma, the atmosphere at Gillette Stadium was even more exciting when the home team New England Revolution soon opened the score 1-0 in the first minute of the match thanks to a goal scored by player Tomas Chancalay after a mistake in Inter’s defense. Miami.
However, after that, with his superb talent, Messi showed that he did not encounter any difficulties on the artificial turf when he was in his best condition. The famous Argentine player quickly helped Inter Miami regain the match, before equalizing the score 1-1 in the 32nd minute after a beautiful pass from Robert Taylor.
In the second half, Messi scored the second goal of the match after a sharp assist from Busquets to increase the score to 2-1 in the 68th minute. Not stopping there, on a very sublime day of play, Messi also assisted 2 more. Opportunities for Cremaschi and Suarez to score in the 83rd and 89th minute, respectively, helped Inter Miami win their third consecutive match, this time against the New England Revolution with a strong score of 4-1.
This is also the 5th consecutive match Messi has scored and assisted in each match, helping him now score 11 goals and have 6 assists in 10 matches since the beginning of the 2024 season on all fronts. With the victory, Inter Miami secured the top spot in the Eastern region of MLS 2024 with 21 points after 11 matches, including 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses.
