Sports writing (EFE).- Lionel Messi and Sergio Busquets participated this Tuesday morning in their first training session with Inter Miami smiling and dressed in the white and gray practice shirt of the North American MLS team.
During part of the training session at the Florida Blue Training Center, located next to Inter Miami’s DRV PNK Stadium, Messi and Busquets warmed up with Venezuelan striker Josef Martínez, who seemed to be in charge of answering the questions from the two newcomers.
As part of their rite of acceptance into the team, their new teammates formed a corridor through which the two former Barcelona players ran while receiving pats on the back under the watchful eye of Tata Martino, the Argentine coach of Inter Miami, and dozens of of journalists.
Messi and his spectacular reception
Last Sunday, Messi and Busquest were officially presented in Miami as new players for the local team by former English soccer player David Beckham, one of the owners of the Major League Soccer (MLS) club, and before 20,000 people who packed the DRV PNK Stadium.
In the presentation, Messi stated that he was very happy to have chosen the project and the city of Miami.
“Very nice things are going to happen,” Messi said.
Busquets noted that it is a “special opportunity” and that he is “excited” to join the Miami team and start his next professional stage.
Messi and Busquets are scheduled to make their Inter Miami debut on July 21 against the Mexican Cruz Azul in the ‘Legues Cup’, a new tournament that the MLS and Liga MX teams will play until August 19.
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