"I'm very happy because we had been left with a bitter taste from the first game"

The Argentine Leo Messi was chosen, this Thursday, as the best player of the Inter Miami match against Porto, in which he gave the victory to his team with a great free kick goal, for which he felt "a very great joy" in a reward for the "effort of the whole team".

"The truth is that it is a great joy. The whole team made a great effort, we worked very well. We didn't just defend: during the first half and until the second goal, we handled the ball very well," Messi assured ‘DAZN’.

With a win and a draw in the two games played, Inter Miami is close to a place in the round of 16 of a Club World Cup in which Messi has already made his mark.

"I'm very happy because we were left with the bitter taste of the first match. We thought that, in the end, we could have won. It's a very important victory for us and we have to enjoy it," he said.