By joiner martinez
Aug 25, 2023, 23:47 PM EDT
New York City was the perfect setting to bring together two of the biggest stars in sports. Lionel Messi, seven-time Ballon d’Or winner and top grand slam winner (23), Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic.
Dkokovic arrived in New York after defeating the Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz in the Cincinnati Masters 1000 and is now in the city to face the US Open, a contest he won three times (2011, 2015 and 2018). The second seed to the American tournament will begin his journey against the Frenchman Alexandre Muller (racket 85 on the planet).
For his part, Messi traveled to New York to face his first MLS match with Inter Miami. This Saturday, starting at 8:30 p.m., he will visit the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey to face New York RB.
Jorge Mas, one of the main owners of MLS Inter Miami, was in charge of portraying this meeting and bringing it to light. The Cuban did not hide his happiness for coinciding with the two legends. On his Twitter account, he wrote “What a Night!” (What a night!, in Spanish) along with two emojis of a goat, alluding to the word GOAT (means goat in English), for Greatest Of All Times (Best of all time, in Spanish).
This is not the first time that both athletes have met on the same stage. Djokovic was present when Paris Saint Germain won Ligue 1 in France. The tennis player was in the French capital since he was playing Roland Garros.
Messi seeks rebound in MLS
Inter Miami led by Gerardo Martino finds itself in an awkward position in the MLS tournament by being in last place in the Eastern Conference with 18 units, 14 less than the Montreal Impact, last to qualify for the playoff playoffs.
Although it comes from proclaiming champion of the Leagues Cup on penalties against Nashville FC and reaching the final of the US Open Cup, after beating Cincinnati on penalties.
Inter Miami’s schedule indicates that their next game will be against Nashville SC on Wednesday, August 30, and then they will travel to Los Angeles to face Los Angeles FC on Sunday, September 3.
Subsequently, Messi will travel to South America to face Ecuador and Bolivia as part of the start of the South American Qualifiers for the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico 2026. In this way, those from Fort Lauderdale would not have the ’10’ to receive on Saturday, September 9 to Kansas City.
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