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Published 12 Sep 2023, 8:00 pm EDT
Last weekend, Inter Miami achieved its first victory without Messi since the arrival of the Argentine star to the team and in that match against Kansas City Sporting, The great figure was the Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana.
The South American footballer shone with two goals for the pink teamwho knew how to take advantage of his presence after not being called up by Ecuador for the double day of the Conmebol South American Qualifiers, demonstrating that it was a mistake by the South American team coach and a favor to Inter Miami, which he later ended up thanking on social networks.
Messi and Leonardo Campana effect
And the effect Messi seems to have influenced the Ecuadorian footballersince he had no problems putting on the hero’s cape in the team’s last game in the absence of the Argentine star due to the double elimination round.
“Thank you, Ecuador, for not calling Leonardo Campana for the international games“Inter Miami wrote in an ironic comment through their social networks, in which they thanked the young footballer for not being called up.
Leonardo Campana on the rise
In addition to the two goals, The Ecuadorian striker was named the MVP of the match and many do not understand why he was not called up to play in the tie. with an Ecuadorian team that has many important pieces, but that against Argentina the absence of a goal was noticeable, in a correct match but that they ended up losing by the minimum.
Camapana was happy for Inter Miami’s last victory in which he stood out and also He assured that Messi wrote to them satisfied through the WhatSapp group, to congratulate them on the achievement against the Kansas City team, achieving three important points for the classification.
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