FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will play an exhibition match on Nov 10 to celebrate him winning his eighth Ballon d’Or.The team will play fellow Major League Soccer club, New York City FC. Both teams missed the MLS playoffs, which started last month.
Messi returned to South Florida early Tuesday after the Ballon d’Or announcement and was at a training session with the club that morning. This indicates that Inter Miami was still looking to add a match even though its MLS season is over.Messi and Inter Miami were scheduled to play two matches in China — with the possibility of more than 100,000 tickets getting sold for those games — this coming week. However, that tour dealt with many logistical issues and was eventually called off.