That this moment unfolded, on July 21, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale still feels surreal. Lionel Messi, in his first game wearing a pink Inter Miami jersey, was awarded a free kick in the final seconds of his Major League Soccer (MLS) debut.
Messi placed the ball on the grass. Kim Kardashian and LeBron James were in the crowd that night, but not a soul was looking at them. The ball left Messi’s left foot, and as the shot began to curl around a wall of a half-dozen Cruz Azul players, Yedlin, who was standing on the field behind Messi, spread his arms in a victory pose.
Lionel Messi is TIME’s 2023 Athlete of the Year.
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39 Comments
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Congratulations Messi
The Greatest Player ever 🐐
amazing 🤩
THE GOAT! Una bestia
The GOAT
Probably couldn’t make the practice squad in the NFL. Poor choice again TIME.
I am Big Fan of him really happy for Messi 👏👏
Argentina 🇦🇷 Star ⭐️
After Maradona Messi the Best Player ever
he is Genius Player
En buena hora!
Thanks You Time
Messi 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Certain fanbase gonna say FIFA rigged it
El mejor de todos los tiempos
I never saw something such BS
Athlete of the year are you kidding me like what's an athlete people don't even know no more what's an athlete they're killing the sport they're killing the acknowledge of the sport of the player or person
What did he do he just won the world Cup that's all he did and it's not even him
He had a team that what happen
Is such a hoax it's all fixed it's crazy how does evil society are you kidding me what did he do in MLS
Go look at his record he had nothing 2023 besides
World cup
And he's not even alone they helped him and you call that an inspiration you want to fall back on that as your Idol.
Messi is is the standard for kids around the world oh my God man the only player that is recognized around the world I mean around the world is Cristiano Ronaldo look at his followers 600 and something
You going to tell me messi that little
Little chipmunk that has only a right foot and sees the game because he has other players around him that are superstars
You have no idea what you're talking about pure advertising and pure propaganda
WHAT A DISGRACE
This bum?
❤ Messi, I just can't wait to meet him face to face or else watch his game live. I have been his fun for 15 years now, and my son Messi is 14 years old.
The best sportman in the HISTORY
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🐐🙏well deserved
El king messi nada mas
El papa de penaldo
America is lucky . They signed A Greatest player of all time in football history.Global superstar : Leonel Messi❤
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣really bruh 1 goal in MLS
This means Crynaldo is not going to stop crying soon
it's a joke…. xD they keep giving gifts to freezy
What did he eveb win or do in 2023?? Last year when he won world cup maybe but now?
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Broh he cant even bring miami to mls. Hed getting downgrade after wc. Haaland or mbappe deserve this.
Oh yea i forgot hes not in us…
Si el mundial fue el año pasado , increíble cómo siguen con eso. Este año hubo mejores atletas pero quieren explotar al máximo q este jugador para la copa américa que se jugará en USA. Por eso mismo le dieron el balón de oro .
Congratulations GOAT 🐐♾️❤️
Infinity… Messi
La mentira más grande en la historia del fútbol. Dice atleta y ni corre
He's probably athlete of the 2022 but in 2023 It should be Novak Djokovic(Messi did not achieve much in 2023, he won the WC in 2022)
SIMPLEMENTE EL GOAT
Muchas felicidades por ser mi ídolo desde pequeño, en verdad me has motivado para seguir adelante, siempre estaré contigo, gracias Cristiano Ronaldo por permitirme saber que es ser la verdadera cabra 🐐 contra todos y a nunca darse por vencido. SIUUUUU!
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