Lionel Messi is already in China to join the Argentine National Team that will face the friendlies of the FIFA window in June against Australia, the Workers' Stadium in Beijing, on Thursday 15; and then against Indonesia, in Jakarta, on Monday 19.
The Argentine, who this week revolutionized the world of ball after communicating his decision to continue his career at Inter Miami of the MLS, arrived in the Asian giant aboard his private jet with his teammates Angel Di María, Rodrigo De Paul, Enzo Fernández, Gio Lo Celso and Leandro Paredes.
Meanwhile, Lionel Scaloni, the coach of the national team, will command his first practice on Chinese soil this Saturday with much of the squad. Already in Beijing, in addition to Messi and the aforementioned players from Europe, Nicolás Otamendi, Cristian Romero, Facundo Buonanotte, Exequiel Palacios, Nicolás Tagliafico, Giovanni Simeone, Germán Pezzella, Gerónimo Rulli, Lucas Ocampos, Walter Benítez, Guido Rodríguez and Marcos Acuña.
Messi, dressed in a shirt and light blue shorts, upon arrival at Beijing airport for the friendlies of the National Team. Twitter @wus10174023 Video Capture
The arrival of Julián Álvarez will be delayed a while longer, because this Saturday he will play the final of the Champions League in Istanbul with Inter Milan and Manchester City respectively. Once released by his club, he will assemble the suitcases bound for Beijing. Lautaro Martinez was not cited, as he will take the opportunity to work with his ankle that has him to mistreat since the World Cup.
The rumor that became giant in Miami: they expected Messi in the NBA finals
The NBA finals is at a key point: Miami Heat receives Denver Nuggets with the intention of tying the series that has them down 1-2. But the imposing Florida hotel that distributes its rooms in the body of an electric guitar changed its LED lights to welcome the only thing that can eclipse the transcendental basketball game: Lionel Messi, the new illustrious citizen of the city.
"Welcome Messi, Welcome Messi" can be read from afar. The reception, in addition to a low-cost marketing move, carries the colors of the Inter Miami shirt, which will soon have more sales – the one with the 10 stamped with the last name of the world champion – than any other in the history of Major League Soccer.
The guitar-shaped hotel that welcomed the Rosarino to Miami. Photo capture web
From the Miami Heat stadium emerged strong the version that indicated that the Rosario would appear to observe the game. But of course since I was on a trip to China, that did not happen.
However, even Jimmy Butler -franchise player of the Miami Heat- had to answer with his opinion on the arrival of the footballer. Messi has already captured the necessary attention to talk more about him than about the final in dispute.
Those who were in the stadium to watch the game 4 duel between the Heat and the Nuggets were Brazilians Neymar Jr. and Vinicius Jr., plus Frenchman Paul Pogba. While the organization spread the version of a possible arrival of Messi and generated expectation in the public: many fans of the Rosario approached with the shirt of the Argentine National Team with the 10 on the back. Although they stayed with the desire.
Apart from this situation, football got into the NBA finals and the rumor of Messi's presence in the Miami Heat stadium took all the attention.
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