Lionel Messi became a much more media figure than normal since his arrival in the United States with Inter Miami, where he is one of the main figures in Major League Soccer. and that is why countless celebrities have attended ‘Las Garzas’ matches to witness the talent and level of play of the Argentine star.
To the list of recognized personalities we can mention the actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Holland, as well as the NBA playersLeBron James and James Hander, the former boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr, the tennis player Serena Williams and more recently the actor and singer Will Smith, the famous ‘Prince of Rap’.
The Prince of Rap and the King of Soccer together in Miami
The actor of blockbuster films such as Men in Black 1,2,3 as well as The Pursuit of Happiness, I Am Legend and Bad Boys 1,2,3 He made an appearance in the match where Inter Miami debuted in the 2024 MLS campaign when they faced Real Salt Lake, a duel that the pink team won with a score of 2 goals to zero.
The captain of the Argentine National Team demonstrated once again all his talent and level of play in a match where he showed himself as the man within the playing field much more participatory on the offensive side and so much so that he was key in every scoring opportunity and even more so in the goals scored by his teammates Robert Taylor and the Paraguayan Diego Gómez.
Once the match was over, the ‘French Prince of Bel-Air’ did not hesitate for a second to approach Messi, shake his hand and congratulate him on such a great game. that he had personally and especially for Inter Miami’s 2-0 victory against Real Salt Lake, a team from Utah. In addition to this, Smith made use of his social networks to publish the meeting with the kid from Rosario and dedicate a few lines to him about the meeting he had with the Argentine player.
Will Smith uploaded a series of photographs that immortalized the moments he experienced last night in Miami. In the first couple of photos that he published, the hug he gave with the leader of the pink team appears, when the albiceleste was heading to the locker room at halftime. In the following images he posed with David Beckham, one of the leaders and owners of the Miami team. “This was crazy!! Congratulations on the victory, Lionel Messi,” wrote the actor. And then he added: “I appreciate you, David Beckham.”
Smith also uploaded images of the moment on his Instagram stories and used the emoji of a goat to refer to Messi as the Greatest of All Time in the history of world football.
This can be seen as one of the examples of the media revolution that Lionel Messi has instituted in the city of Miami and in the United States. We still have to wait for the reaction of the public and also the artists when the time comes for the Copa América to take place in the coming month of June and when the 2026 World Cup arrives, which will also take place on American soil.
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