Inter Miami felt like a Lionel Messi team, just not the ones you remember most fondly. Instead, they were redolent of those last few years at Barcelona when he was carrying too heavy an offensive load, the weird PSG sojourn where all the attacking talent was on his side but the other team were playing as a unit.

Lamine Yamal has been a revelation since breaking into the Barcelona first team as a 15-year-old back in 2023, and he is now set to mark another significant milestone in these early stages of his