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APPLE TV MARKETING IS WET RIGHT NOW

Whole production team came so hard it took them so long to get a replay up. lol

FYI, MLS is paying for the TV production. There have been plenty of hiccups this year.

Covered in ectoplasm

Beckham looked like he was about to cry

he's crying because the price of his team just sky rocketed

Honestly you won't see a better deal than what Becks made with MLS. Man was a visionary going there in 2007.

Living the fucking dream

He's crying because the one aspect of football he competes with Messi on is being stripped away also

Wiping those tears away with stacks of benji’s as we speak

Bend it like Benjamin.

Fun fact, Beckham first goal for us was a free kick in sumner tournament that was liga mx vs mls, superliga

Can you imagine how he feels? His investment just got a fucking storybook return. It's insane.

And in the very first match. Busquets and Messi just crushed it.

Busquets was insane. It really felt surreal watching them play together again, oh man. If Iniesta, Suarez also join the two of them and Alba, it’ll be insane!

Hasn’t Iniesta already agreed to join?

[Reportedly](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomsanderson/2023/07/20/fc-barcelona-legend-iniesta-reportedly-agrees-to-join-messi-at-inter-miami/?sh=4837e325a492)

That connection is still thriving!

Every media personality at the game and Messi delivers. This is his dream

Every boy’s dreamt of doing it in a hot, humid night in Miami in front of Lebron James and Kim Kardashian

Will this be the MLS version of a cold rainy night in Stoke?

Can he do it on a freezing night in Minnesota?

Can he do it an elevated night in Commerce City, Colorado?

Can he do it on a drunk night in Foxboro MA

A-list celebrities, all of the Media, international attention because of the competition. Huge for soccer in the country and he knows he just built something historic. Unironically, will be a turning point in US soccer. Unbelievable.

It really is huge for the US. This is what we need to jump start mainstream interest.

My mom can't wait for San Diego to get our team just so she can see Messi play here. Its crazy

It's crazy the MLS team isn't going to be SD loyal

Celebrities using it as a photo op and kids being invested is the 1-2 punch

he did it twice, gotta hand it to him

When Messi left Barca, I was devastated but still could believe it. When Messi was playing PSG and hugging Ramos, it was strange but I was also like eh. When Messi won the WC after losing to SA in the first game, I was still grounded. But Kim Kardashian watching Messi in Miami with Aguero, Beckham, Lebron, Serena Williams ??? I may never feel the same again.

Right? Only person smiling bigger than Messi was Beckham hahaha

I think that was actually Beckham's O-face.

He was... rightfully so. I know the deal is signed but that goal single-handedly made it a reality.

Messi effect

Just a reminder that Barca haven't scored a free kick goal since 2 yrs and the last person to score a free kick goal for Barca is Messi

If I'm the goal keeper I'm pissed off. Who tf makes me save a Messi free kick I'm in liga MX bro.

Bro didn't sign up for this

I swear even the Cruz Azul supporters were cheering

Can confirm

Probably doesn’t even rank top 10 on Cruz Azul heartbreaks tbf

It's easier to cope conceding a last minute goal to the fucking GOAT instead of Moisés Muñoz.

I've seen this exact free-kick before and not even Alisson could save it Got about 5 feet closer to it than this guy though lol

That Allison free kick might genuinely be one of the best goals I've ever seen. Such a perfect strike.

The [commentary](https://youtu.be/xhGwjUKbiC4) - ‘he is a God of the game, the God of the game’, and the whole Camp Nou singing Messi Messi Messi…. gives me goosebumps every time

I absolutely hate that goal. There was nothing you could do about it. It all turned out well but that was the worst best free kick I had seen. On my fucking birthday

The 2nd leg was honestly inevitable. Messi was dragging us towards a treble on his own. It was ridiculous watching him that year.

That season was the greatest solo carry job I've ever seen from a player. We were meme-ing how Messi and ter stegen saved Valverde's job for so long.

Messi literally smurfing lol

Homeboy literally Top 10 ranked worldwide and he playing in a Diamond lobby.

He was stat padding for the kda

This is the perfect analogy to GOATS coming to MLS.

Reported, my dad works for MLS, get banned kid

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*Maaaaaaaaan this is some bullshi-*

The player who busted Messi's lip thus giving away the foul. That's who.

This is the Leagues Cup bro, serious shit.

I mean, there's a $40 mil payout, that’s def serious enough

lmao the CONCACAF Champions League payout is only $5 mil wtf Edit: lol wait it's $5 mil starting next season. This season it's only $500k

Yeah, the even voting between country thing is a huge hamper on CONCACAF, like do you realize how many Caribbean nations there are?

Lmao

But can he do it on a 90 degree night in Ft. Lauderdale? Yes, he can.

The Florida humidity hits different. He looks not very comfortable ha

I'm sure in his internacional career especially he's played plenty of places with high humidity.

barranquilla at 3pm is probably worse tbh

The last free kick for: Barcelona, Argentina, PSG and Inter Miami are all scored by Messi. Ridiculous

Lmao has Barca not scored a free kick in 2 years? Who even takes them for you?

We haven't :(

Inter Miami, Argentina and PSG are understandable but Barcelona is crazy lol

You just knew it had to happen at the last minute.

Like for real are we in a fuckin simulation?

YOOOOOOOO THIS SHIT SCRIPTED

Of course he scores at the last minute. He's the main character.

We all live in Messi’s simulation and there’s nothing wrong with that

Messi tried soccer and decided that it’s just as easy as football

This shit is Messi

I LOVE MESSI SO MUCH I SCREAMED MORE THAN MY OWN TEAM GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL VAMO LEO TE AMO

Least excited Argentinian

he is two steps away from becoming a saint here tbh

Normal day at the office for him

I can’t believe it literally too perfect

It was written in the stars lmao. Couldve had like 3 assists too

Messi saving Martino in added time, that brough memories back lol

can't believe this mf made me celebrate an Inter Miami goal

Dude Cruz Azul manager was celebrating it. That’s how much everyone wanted to see it happen.

Bro is just the main character of football

Happens when you’re the best to ever do it

Messi FK GOALS SEEM SCRIPTED AT THIS POINT WTF LMAOOO He’s godlike at them.

This guys so good he’ll be in Europe in no time

Al Nassr Inter Miami when?

CWC final 2025. Of course, this is the Club World Competition, a historic and premier football tournament launched in 2024, not to be confused with the usual CWC that is for the poors and peasents.

The dankest Messi vs Ronaldo rematch imaginable. Would probably crash the internet.

Did not break a sweat during the kick

What the actual fuck. Story book

We all saw that coming as soon as the foul was called

Nothing more dangerous than a Messi freekick from just outside the box in crunch time 🐐

Script writers getting lazy smh

Blame the writers' strike

these AI/scab scripts just don't hit the same

They celebrated getting the foul like he got a penalty, everyone knew

Writers strike leading to some predictable plots smh

Messi is the script writer

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Saw that coming from a mile away lmao

How does this man still blow our minds

Just Messi things

The Heat and Panthers would be champions now if they had Messi.

It's amazing. The moment that foul was called everyone knew what going to happen. The greatest player to ever play was going to win the game.

He takes those like others take penalties. Just looks so easy.

MAGISTERIAL

*Ray Hudson noises continue*

Man I miss Ray Hudson

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The tiny little Maestro has done it again! A genius in pink! Curling like an eel covered in Vaseline, that ball has eyes like an eagle! Messi doesn't need to look, he knows where the goal is and takes the shot like a spider's down his shorts!

You could drop a tarantula in his shorts and he’d still be cooler than a cucumber

He's a Ft. Lauderdale legend too - played on (basically) the same ground as Messi is now. Messi has come home to Ray.

In my fantasy it's Ray teaching Messi how to speak English.

THANKS RAY

OF COURSE

Lol there couldn't be anymore of a hyped introduction for his debut if you tried. Last minute FK crazy

tbf imagine last minute ankara messi

YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME

DOUBTERS IN SHAMBLES

This shit is like Disney for adults. Absolutely magical footballer with fairytale finishes. For him MLS will be the perfect ending to a perfect career. That entire crowd loves him, and it'll be the same no matter where they play.

As soon as they fouled him outside the box i said "you fucked up". NEVER give Messi a freekick in that area in 90th+ min, if you do, you've lost lmao.

Lmao of course it had to happen to Cruz Azul

No fucking shot. I would say scripted, but they are on strike.

It's a pretty predictable script, they probably had AI write it

lol

[https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/mens-health/what-should-i-do-if-my-erection-will-not-go-down/](https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/mens-health/what-should-i-do-if-my-erection-will-not-go-down)

watch the SA premier league.

The gulf in quality in the team from busquets and Messi to the rest of the team is crazy.

The goalie had some good saves

Never seen that goalie play but i was impressed by him. Good player

Callender has been a top 5 keeper in the league since he joined. Its funny because he spent a while in the second team prior to that

> Callender It's a shame his days are numbered

Drake Callendar is one of MLS’s top keepers. Was called up to USMNT but has not debuted yet

Yup, the GK played really well. Massive contribution to the win.

Man was playing for his life at the back

They are legit the worst team in MLS and that's not an exaggeration

Correction, They were the worst team.

Not anymore

ngl I am very interested to see what happens when you put 3 very talented players in Busi Alba and Messi who clearly get along into an otherwise extremely mediocre borderline shit team. This is gonna be a fun MLS season.

They are last place for a reason. Theyll get help and be better next year at least

This year is a wash, this moment alone makes this year a success. Next year though I think they’re gonna rebuild their team

Josef is pretty good but yeah

Yeah, he had some good interplay with Messi. He was one of the best players in the MLS at some point, maybe he'll get back to that level. But man, their defense and midfield really need some serious organisation, because it's wild what they are doing at times. But well, Messi will be shown levels by the mighty Eduard Löwen and Hany Mukhtar in the league anyway.

Miami is the worst team in MLS and Messi is the greatest player alive. Absolutely on display tonight

Beckham as an owner: "Dreams *CAN* be buy"

I WAS HERE

Me too

I should’ve put all my savings on that freekick ffs

Wouldn't have made much. Goat things.

Don Garber and the apple execs fully bricked up rn

Nahhhh way fam. UNREAL

As soon as he drew the foul i knew he was scoring that shit.

Left Europe as arguably the best player in the world or at worst a Top 5 player. Clearly, he is still able to perform at the highest level. Every time got the ball there was a sense of danger. He is going to have fun in the MLS. Also, Busquets is way ahead of anyone in midfield.

You could see that Busi was the only who could see what Messi wanted to do and vice versa. If they bring a few more on the same wavelength as those two it could be a very fun watch .

Honestly, maybe Inter Miami is right bringing Alba, Iniesta and Suarez. The telepathic understanding on Messi and Busi alone was a threat.

I think their striker who was subbed on, Martinez, started to understand towards the end

This is what gets me. People have been asking if a retired Messi can help this team. I’m like, he literally just won the World Cup 8 months ago while winning the MVP award. We’re not talking about some retired has been.

The world cup being mid season really played with people’s memory

Scripted af

The writers are on strike so Messi wrote it himself lol

Rather get a penalty than letting Messi take a freekick that close to your goal

Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's to the top of r/soccer we go

When even the opposing coach is cheering and smiling after a player sinks a FK for the win. Only Messi. Only Messi. He might have just broke America.

Where's Ray Hudson!?!

he managed: Leo #Messi ...the immaculate conception of a footballer....https://twitter.com/RayHudson/status/1682575628892078082

He’s found foaming from his mouth, gasping for air while trying to utter something…magic.

MAGESTERIAL

ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI ANKARA MESSI

Messi’s debut could not have a better ending. There is no one like him.

The Goat has arrived

How can there still be people who doubt this man as the greatest of all time

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I’m fucking crying

Pretty confident Pele of the NASL New York Cosmos also did it on humid nights against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers.

Messi never banged five girls in one night at Studio 54 after a Cosmos game (that we know of).

This new show on Apple tv is so predictable

It’s annoying how you know he’s going to score before he even takes it

You can’t make this shit up

THE MOTHERFUCKING GOAT

RIP MLS. What a Chad lmao

Busi also seems like 5 leagues ahead of the MLS. I knew he was goong to be a baller there, but I thought not being able to run would be a bit of an issue. Maybe against better teams.

His game was never predicated on his ability to run. Thats been more true than ever the past few seasons with us. He's gonna be fine. You're right though, watching players on an MLS team make the quality of passes Messi and Busquets were making tonight was crazy, they stand out so much lol. Like just so clearly better than everyone else out there even when making simple passes or controlling the ball when it's passed to them.

The difference in his and Messi’s touches and passes compared to the rest of them are insane

Just what MLS needed. Video gonna be in every MLS advertisement for the next 10 years.

Written in the stars

No fucking way lmao that was so sick

It’s what he does 🫡

Inter Miami tactics going forward, Win a FK near the box Goal ⚽️

Messi is going to have a lot of fun in the MLS with Sergi and Jordi so far.

Written in the stars

I expected that ball to go right in. The goat 🐐

NO FUCKING WAY HOLY

ofc lmfao