Lionel Messi's every move shown on TikTok during his Inter Miami playoff debut

Lionel Messi’s each move was connected show successful his MLS playoff debut

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Lionel Messi's each move was connected show successful his Major League Soccer playoff debut.

Every touch. Every changeable attempt. Even erstwhile he wasn't doing thing astatine all, it was shown.

There was a “Messi-cam” focused connected nan Inter Miami superstar for his team's playoff opener Friday nighttime agaisnt Atlanta. Nothing but nan eight-time Ballon d’Or victor livestreamed connected MLS' TikTok account for nan long of nan match.

It captured nan excitement surrounding Inter Miami, which surged successful fame erstwhile Messi arrived midway done nan 2023 season.

Inter Miami is nan No. 1 seed successful nan playoffs aft mounting MLS records for points (74) and winning percent (.765).

Messi, coming disconnected a chapeau trick successful nan regular-season finale, is successful contention for convention MVP contempt missing astir half nan MLS play because of wounded and commitments to Argentina's nationalist team. He vanished pinch 20 goals and 16 assists. Luis Suarez besides scored 20 goals, joining Messi to go nan first brace of MLS teammates to scope that milestone successful a season.

Messi didn't people successful nan first half Friday, but he had respective chances, including connected back-to-back tries that were denied by Atlanta goalkeeper Brad Guzan.

The 37-year-old smiled and hugged his teammates erstwhile Suarez scored nan opening extremity little than 2 minutes into nan match.

He was shown blowing past a defender and pinch 1 swift touch firing a onslaught from extracurricular nan box, which Guzan pushed retired nan apical of nan goal, and later placing some hands connected his caput and looking up into nan stands erstwhile Guzan denied him again.

Fans stood for astir of nan first half. And those closest to nan transportation leaned guardant pinch their phones stretched up arsenic acold arsenic their arms would let to seizure photos and video of Messi erstwhile he sewage close.

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