“Since coming to America, many famous athletes from other sports have come to the stadium to watch Messi play. This is the first time Messi has done something interesting, come to support his colleagues in basketball. In American sports, culture and mutual respect are very common among athletes in different sports. Therefore, the fact that Messi and his family recently went to watch a basketball event in Miami City caused a stir viewers and the American press”, Marca newspaper (Spain) expressed.

Messi and his family and friends Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez came to watch the NBA (American professional basketball) playoff match between the Miami Heat team and the Boston Celtics at the FTX Arena. Messi’s group is quite large, including this famous player’s family and player Suarez’s family and many friends who chose a VIP area in the stands to watch the match.

“Messi is very excited and happy with life in America today. This is also the first time people have seen this famous player begin to integrate into the American lifestyle and culture, not only focusing on football, but also interact with other sports including basketball and American football, which Americans have long valued,” Marca newspaper shared.

According to the Miami Herald (USA): “Messi has currently scored the best 9 goals in MLS in the past 7 matches and leads the tournament with 7 assists. Messi’s total of goals and assists is 16 goal contribution, the most in MLS history of any previous player after the first seven games of the season, surpassing the records of strikers Thierry Henry (2012) and Carlos Vela (2019) ) all contributed 13 goals. Messi also became the first player in MLS history to contribute the most goals in 5 consecutive matches.

Messi’s impressive form and “magic” in scoring continues, helping him become a player that every American fan wants to watch. Thereby, Messi and Inter Miami’s away matches this season, especially on the stadiums of teams that own stadiums with teams in the NFL (American football) league, which have a very large number of seats. , constantly breaking viewership records.

The latest is the number of 65,612 people at Gillette Stadium of the New England Revolution Club, setting a record for the most viewers in this team’s history – surpassing the number of 61,316 people who came to watch the MLS Cup final in 2002. The same is true in Inter Miami’s match against Sporting Kansas City at Arrowhead Stadium in early April, with Messi’s charisma, also set a new viewership record of up to 72,610 people.

The third match with Messi’s influence and setting a viewership record was also on a field in the NFL, Soldier Field of the Chicago Fire FC club (sharing the field with the Chicago Bears team in the NFL), which once welcomed a large number of spectators. Record audience reached 62,124 people last season.

“Therefore, Messi’s presence at the American professional basketball (NBA) event not only brings more excitement to viewers but also highlights the synergy and admiration between professional athletes. career in many different disciplines. As the MLS season progresses, Messi continues to prove why he is always considered one of the greatest players in football history He also brought excitement at an NBA event, through his appearance in the stands cheering for other sports colleagues to compete”, Marca newspaper emphasized.