🐐 Messi’s Magic: Vintage Free-Kick Seals Inter Miami’s First Club World Cup Win
Lionel Messi, 37 years old and still crafting magic like it’s 2012.
On a warm night under the Club World Cup lights, the GOAT reminded the world why legends don’t age — they evolve. With Inter Miami trailing, Messi stepped up and did what Messi does: curled a perfect 20-yard free-kick into the top corner to seal a 2–1 comeback win over Porto.
🎯 Messi's Free-Kick: Poetry in Motion
There he stood — central, edge of the D, eyes locked on target. Most players panic. Messi picked the harder route, bending it over the wall and to the keeper’s side. Porto’s Claudio Ramos stretched, but he might as well have been a statue.
🗣️ “Touched by God, isn’t he? Incredible. What a player,”
said former Portugal defender Jose Fonte on Dazn.
🧤 “It’s nearly like a penalty for him — so precise. A genius,”
added former Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given.
📊 Messi’s Free-Kick Greatness: By the Numbers
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⚽ 68 career direct free-kick goals
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🔝 Only Juninho Pernambucano (77) and Pele (70) have more
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🐐 73 goals in a single season (2011–12 with Barcelona)
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🌎 Still turning games in 2025 like it’s prime Camp Nou
💪 Comeback Kings: Inter Miami's Historic Win
Messi’s winner followed a stunning opener by Telasco Segovia, helping Inter Miami claim:
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✅ Their first-ever Club World Cup victory
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📈 A firm spot in Group A’s qualification race
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🎯 A showdown with Palmeiras up next — where a draw would see both sides advance
🏁 What’s Next?
Palmeiras await in the group finale — but with Messi in this form, anything is possible.
This was not just a win.
It was a reminder.
The maestro still has the music in his left foot.
