- Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi took on his outdated group PSG on Sunday night time
- PSG had been 4-0 by half-time within the FIFA Membership World Cup spherical of 16 contest
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Lionel Messi’s reunion with Paris Saint-Germain shortly descended right into a humiliating rout on Sunday as his Inter Miami facet conceded 4 targets earlier than half time.
Miami, who got a particular invite to the Membership World Cup by FIFA after profitable Main League Soccer’s Supporters’ Protect earlier this 12 months, had made a powerful begin to the match in the US.
Messi and Co certified from Group A with out dropping as soon as. They drew 0-0 with Al Ahly earlier than beating Porto 2-1. Miami then performed out a 2-2 draw with Palmeiras.
That draw towards Palmeiras noticed Miami made an excellent begin by taking a 2-0 lead.
Nonetheless, they made a horrible begin towards the champions of Europe in Sunday’s spherical of 16 contest.
There was simply six minutes on the clock when Joao Neves opened the scoring.
Miami then managed to carry out till the thirty ninth minute when Neves doubled his tally.
That appeared to open the floodgates, with Tomas Aviles scoring a personal aim moments later earlier than Achraf Hakimi added a fourth in first-half added time.
Messi regarded exasperated because the targets continued to stream.
The 38-year-old, who spent two seasons with PSG between 2021 and 2023, touched the ball simply 14 instances within the first half, with a lot of these coming from kick-offs.
Messi’s former Barcelona co-stars — 37-year-old Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets, 36, and Jordi Alba, additionally 36 — endured a torrid time too.
With Messi struggling on the world stage, he unsurprisingly grew to become a trending matter on X (previously Twitter).
One destructive remark learn: ‘Messi as soon as once more proving that he cannot do it outdoors of Barcelona and Argentina, I genuinely respect Ronaldo a lot trigger he did it with completely different golf equipment and nations. My goat.’
There have been additionally numerous memes posted gleefully taunting Messi. One depicted him as a lone lion surrounded by a pack of hyenas.
However one other remark learn: ‘You are a sick man for those who’re having fun with this Messi downfall’.
One other fan additionally jumped to his defence, including: ‘I see lots of people laughing at Messi proper now. However let’s get one factor straight. Messi has nothing left to show.
‘He is achieved all the pieces and I imply EVERYTHING there’s to realize in soccer.’
The widespread criticism of Messi was maybe a little bit harsh, contemplating the relative customary of the opposition and his team-mates.
Talking earlier than kick-off, Inter Miami president David Beckham had described PSG as ‘most likely the most effective group on this planet proper now’.
