Mikel Arriolapresident of the Mexican soccer league (MX League), asserted this Monday that the hiring of the Argentine Lionel Messi with the inter miamiof the Major League Soccer (MLS)will put the rising League Cup in the eyes of the world.
“It is the leap in quality, more than economically, in sports. Messi comes from winning the world Cup. It will be a watershed because it will put the League Cup on everyone’s lips and we will participate in that level one month a year,” he said. arriola.
Last Wednesday Messi announced that he was leaving Paris Saint-Germain of League 1 to sign with him inter miami of the MLS, a team that will debut in the Leagues Cup against Blue Cross of Mexican soccer on July 21, the date on which the former star of the Barcelona.
Mikel Arriola boasted what the organization of the Leagues Cup will mean, which will have the participation of the 29 teams of the Major League Socceramong them the inter miamiand the 18 that make up Liga MX, a contest that will take place between July 21 and August 19 of this year.
“It is a unique league that will show the world that the North American area has a lot to grow. If you add these two leagues, you can compare them with some European and South American leagues. The Leagues Cup will be the growth mechanism for our near future Arriola explained.
The president of the league spoke during the presentation of the ball that will be used in the tournament of Opening 2023 which will start on June 30.
The manager also highlighted the advances that the Mexican soccer league achieved in the last year in which he said it surpassed the Spanish and Italian league.
“We started with the number of goals that were scored in this championship; 2.8 goals were scored per game, this puts us at the level of Europe. We are above the A serieswho had 2.62, and above the Spanish, with 2.53″, he stressed.
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