Lionel Messi sets Treble target for Inter Miami

With Inter Miami, Lionel Messi hopes to achieve treble success in 2023. The Argentinean is aiming to “win the league” after keeping his MLS Cup hopes alive.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Within weeks of his arrival in the United States, the Argentine superstar led his new team to a historic Leagues Cup victory, winning the 44th trophy of his illustrious career. Since then, he has contributed to securing a spot in the U.S. Open Cup final.

WHAT THEY SAID

Although winning the MLS championship may be more difficult because Inter Miami is still eight points below the play-off pace, Messi has already demonstrated that everything is possible when he is on the field.

After contributing two assists in a 3-1 victory over LAFC, he said to MLS Season Pass, the group is getting more. We were fortunate to get accepted into the competition and advance to the final, as I’ve been saying since the beginning of the whole thing. We will now aim to achieve our goal of finishing in the top eight so that we can attempt to win the league. Here’s the process. We keep developing, and winning definitely gives us a lot of confidence.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Since Messi joined Inter Miami, they have gone undefeated in 11 games across all competitions, and the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner was happy to see that streak continue during a difficult trip to California to face the MLS Cup champions.

We discussed how it would be a good test for us to assess where we truly are and what we’re capable of before the game, he continued. It was challenging to compete against the reigning champs, a very strong rival. We leave with a very significant result for what is to come.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

Inter Miami will play host to Sporting Kansas City , the following Saturday night. The key is to accumulate enough points from those games to guarantee safe passage into the postseason. They still have nine more MLS games to play.

Credits: www.goal.com