MLS fans slam ‘terrible competitors’ as they spot what Dallas stars did to heroic Lionel Messi after loss to Inter Miami
DALLAS FC stars were slammed by fans for trying to get a picture with Lionel Messi after he led Inter Miami’s amazing comeback against them.
The Argentine helped Inter Miami fight back from 4-2 down to reach the League Cup quarter-finals.
But MLS fans are disappointed with Dallas players for asking the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner for a photo after throwing away their lead.
One fan on social media said the Toros stars are “terrible competitors”.
While another fan added: “They don’t care that they just lost”.
A third fan wrote: “The same used to happen in ligue 1 tbf, everyone is a messi fan.”
Messi opened the scoring after only six minutes before Dallas turned the game on its head.
Heading into the final ten minutes, Dallas led 4-2 in the scorching heat.
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As temperatures soared to 37 degrees Messi decided to turn up the heat even further, firing a cross to force Dallas’s Marco Farhean to head in an own goal.
Then with five minutes to go the 36-year-old smashed a free-kick into the top corner to send the game into penalties.
The football legend then scored Miami’s first spot kick before Paxton Pomykal missed for Dallas, allowing the Herons to win 5-3.
Inter Miami are now through to the quarter-finals of the League Cup, where they will take on Houston Dynamo or Charlotte.
Meanwhile, the game has also made Messi the joint fourth-highest scorer in Inter Miami’s history – after only joining the club less than a month ago.
The Argentine has scored seven goals in just four appearances and is now level with current team-mate Josef Martinez as well as former stars Lewis Morgan and Rodolfo Pizarro.
Gonzalo Higuain tops the leaderboard with 29 goals and current inter players Leo Campana and Robert Taylor have 16 and eight goals respectively.
Inter Miami was only founded in January 2018 by England legend David Beckham along with Jorge and Jose Mas.
But it might not be long until Messi becomes the club’s all-time leading scorer.
The 36-year-old is already Barcelona‘s top marksman ever with a remarkable 672 goals, and he is also the record holder for Argentina with 103.