Inter Miami paid tribute to their captain and star player ahead of Saturday’s game against the Chicago Fire. Lionel Messi was honored out on the pitch at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale for becoming the player to have won the most trophies in soccer history. Argentina’s triumph in last week’s 2024 Copa América final brought Messi’s personal tally to 45 titles.
Messi takes Dani Alves’ titles record
The Inter Miami No.10 overtakes his former Barcelona team mate Dani Alves, who held the record (44) after winning gold with Brazil at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The one trophy that eluded Alves was the World Cup, which Messi finally added to his own honors list at Qatar 2022.
Naturally, Messi’s achievement and Miami’s tribute was one of the first topics which head coach Tata Martino was asked about after his side’s 2-1 win against Chicago. “It seems perfectly logical to me. It doesn’t surprise me at all that the club honored Leo the way they did. Of course not to mention the issue of merits, but it was very in line with what the club has done regarding who Leo is,” he told reporters.
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