⚽️ How Messi Turned Dream Debut Into Touching Tribute

On a night that was all about Lionel Messi, he shifted the attention to his new teammate. ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     [FOX Sports Insider Newsletter] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with Martin Rogers: Lionel Messi had a dream debut, but chose to spotlight his teammate rather than himself … How do the Chiefs fix their offense going forward? … and more! Late into the Florida evening on July 21, Lionel Messi stepped up to the ball and settled himself, but only for a second. Because, whenever one of history’s greatest players is on a soccer field he’s mostly always settled, never mind what chaos is going on around him. You know what happened next, but it doesn’t get old, so let’s go with it. Messi drew back his left foot, as packed stands hushed and a worldwide audience waited and LeBron James, Serena Williams and David Beckham drew breath (Kim Kardashian was on her phone, sadly), and then, Messi made something insanely difficult look embarrassingly easy. The Argentinian superstar sent a dream of a free-kick curling into the net, just before time ran out with his Inter Miami debut against Mexico’s Cruz Azul seemingly headed to a penalty shootout. The crowd erupted, and social media lost its collective mind. Beckham, the team's owner, didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but eventually did both. Messi, face curled in a shy smile after endless hugs from his teammates, was ushered before the cameras for an instant interview. Messi doesn’t love the spotlight, for all his fame, but the global maestro was happy to chat this time, especially after a goal like that. However, first, he had something to say in his native Spanish. "Let me dedicate this win," he said. "To Ian …" Ian is Ian Fray, a 21-year-old defender for Inter Miami, and if things had happened just a little differently that night, he’d have been right there in the mass scramble of pink-shirted players engulfing Messi as he sprinted toward the corner flag after scoring. Instead, Fray had already left the stadium, and was following the game on his phone, in tears, in the back seat of his mom’s car, stationed in her driveway. In the 32nd minute, while making a recovery run after a surge forward, he had suffered a sickening left anterior cruciate ligament injury, just a year after the same thing happened to his other knee. Because he loves soccer, had idolized Messi since he was a kid, and lives and breathes Inter Miami after joining the team through its youth academy, he could raise a cheer and a disbelieving shake of the head when the ball crashed into the net. Jubilation quickly faded as a moment later came the galling realization that he should have been there to see it from the best position in the house. He turned off his phone and hobbled inside. Back to Messi's interview though. For the rest of the story, [click here](~/AAQRxQA~/RgRnX07oP0T-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm94c3BvcnRzLmNvbS9zdG9yaWVzL3NvY2Nlci9ob3ctbGlvbmVsLW1lc3NpLXR1cm5lZC1oaXMtZHJlYW0tZGVidXQtaW50by1hLXRvdWNoaW5nLXRyaWJ1dGU_bGlkPWJuZDUzYzZrdGUzNCZjbXBpZD1vcmc9U3BvcnRzOjphZz1vd25lZDo6bWM9ZW1haWw6OnNyYz1lbWFpbDo6Y21wPUExNF9TcG9ydHNfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DYW1wYWlnbl9FbWFpbF9JbnNpZGVyX0N1c3RvbV9SZWN1cnJpbmdfMjAyMzEyMTUjbmwtZW50cnlXA3NwY0IKZXzoyXxlQZR7DVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAPS). 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