As Lionel Messi scored for Inter Miami in their match against Kansas City in the first round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, he provided an answer to a question that has been a part of his career for decades.
There was speculation that the match between Inter Miami and Kansas City that was scheduled to take place at Children’s Mercy Park on Wednesday evening could be the coldest match ever recorded. This speculation came before the game was scheduled to begin.
In point of fact, the African Cup of Nations (CONCACAF) decided to postpone the first leg of the first-round match by one day due to “adverse weather conditions.” This was due to the fact that wind chills were expected to feel as low as -28 degrees Celsius.
According to some rumours, Lionel Messi did not want to play in the freezing cold because he was uncomfortable with the temperature. “I have been informed by sources that Lionel Messi does not wish to participate in the game against Sporting Kansas City on Tuesday,” said journalist Franco Panizo. “The temperature is going to be extremely low.”
However, despite the fact that the temperature at Kansas’ home ground registered at a’real feel’ of -9 degrees Celsius, the eight-time winner of the Ballon d’Or showed up and delivered a performance in front of 15,178 fans who braved the freezing conditions.
Messi, who was wearing a pair of black gloves, scored the game’s lone goal in the 55th minute. He did so by bringing down Sergio Busquets’ lofted pass with his chest and then finishing brilliantly into the bottom left corner of the goal.
As a result, the commentator for FOX Sports was in awe. He made a reference to the age-old debate about “on a cold night in Stoke” by asking, “Can he do it on a freezing night in Kansas City?” “The emphatic answer is yes.”
It wasn’t just him who did it. Here are some of the responses that Messi’s fans on social media had to his performance in the cold weather of Kansas.
It was said by someone that “Leo Messi just did this and won the game for his team in -20 degrees of weather.” After all, I believe that he would be able to pull it off on a chilly night in Stoke.
On a chilly and wet evening in Stoke, a second person wrote, “Is Messi capable of doing it?” While Messi is playing in temperatures as low as -13 degrees Celsius, Stoke’s temperature rarely falls below -4 degrees Celsius. Even after his prime, Messi is still able to impress some English fans.
An additional comment was made: “We may never know if Lionel Messi can do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke, but he can apparently do it on a freezing night in Kansas City.”
A fourth participant commented: “Messi could 100% do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke btw,” and a fifth added the following: “Messi should have a testimonial at Stoke just for the bants at this point, tbh.”
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