The desire to see the Argentine star Lionel Messi play surpasses any type of consideration in the city of Monterrey, where Monterrey fans do not stop at paying up to five thousand dollars (more than $80 thousand pesos) in resale to get a ticket that allows them to be present this Wednesday in the duel of second leg of the quarterfinals of the Concachampions between Monterrey vs. Inter Miami, at the BBVA stadium.
The reality is that in this type of encounters with figures of the stature of the Argentine national team, Fans do not hesitate to spend any amount of money in order to get one of the 53 thousand tickets available for this eliminatory duel in the CONCACAF zone.
The expectation to see Messi became evident this Wednesday afternoon when, in the middle of a strong security deviceFrom his arrival at the airport to the hotel in the San Pedro Garza García area, more than three hundred fans wearing Inter Miami, Albiceleste and Barcelona shirts gathered to try to see the Argentine player up close. .
However, Lionel Messi was very guarded and could barely be seen for a few seconds when getting off the bus and entering the hotel where Inter Miami was gathered for this match in the run-up to the Concachampions semifinals.
The five thousand dollars could seem like it in the United States a fairly affordable price, but on Mexican soil, it seems an exaggeration that these tickets are being priced at this amount, especially because Inter Miami is not one of the most popular teams in Major League Soccer, although with Messi, the reality is that Everything changes, but it is still exaggerated that Monterrey fans dare to pay up to more than $80 thousand pesos for a ticket.
So far Monterrey has a 1-2 advantage with the goals of the Argentineans Maximiliano Meza and Jorge Rodríguez, while the Argentine Tomás Avilés also scored for those of the state of Florida, leaving the match quite heated and which led to a whole series of unsportsmanlike events in the hallways of the Chase locker rooms Stadium in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
As will be remembered in last week’s match, at the end of the match, Lionel Messi, who did not see action due to a muscle ailment, went down to the locker room to complain to the Guatemalan referee Walter López, several actions leading to a whole series of events between some members of the MLS team and the Rayados, therefore, we will see what happens this Wednesday in the match that will define the Columbus Crew’s rival in the semifinal of this competition.
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