Football legend Patrick Mahomes and soccer legend Lionel Messi had a famous hallway scene a few days ago. Once that was over, Mahomes could be spotted supporting Sporting Kansas City against Messi’s Inter Miami from the stands. The Argentinean helped the team owned by David Beckham win 3-2, much to the amazement of opposing team owner Patrick Mahomes.
Patrick Mahomes held his first news conference in a while a few hours ago. A reporter asked the quarterback about his thoughts on Messi’s play against his team among other NFL-related queries. Honestly, Mahomes acknowledged being in awe of Messi’s performance and didn’t hesitate to name some of LM10’s best plays.
Patrick Mahomes dissects Messi’s goal
Gomez scored Miami’s opening goal in the eighteenth minute. He completed a through pass that Messi deposited perfectly in the back of the net. After then, the GOAT scored Miami’s second goal of the game. The long-range shot to the upper corner of the KC Royals net was ripped in by the winning athlete.
Patrick talked about this in the news conference. The elite quarterback voiced his awe at Messi’s ability to score his long-range goal and his vision for the assist. The press conference saw Mahomes refer to Messi as a “Top” player.
“I mean, it’s just awesome man to see a guy at the top of any league in the entire world and you saw in the certain spots that he had where he wasn’t marked or where he got free. I mean he made stuff happen with the pass that he made. The vision that he had and then the goal that he scored, I mean it shows you what it is like when you have [someone] of the top kind playing at any profession.”