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‘Nothing surprises me!’ - Why Lionel Messi magic barely registers with Inter Miami team-mate Luis Suarez after latest MLS masterclass

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<p>Messi was <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/inter-miami-player-ratings-new-york-red-bulls-lionel-messi/bltc6c40c1209895532" target="_blank">at his magical best when the Herons took on the New York Red Bulls</a>. Those in attendance at Chase Stadium were treated to another masterclass from the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, as he <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionel-messi-inter-miami-new-york-red-bulls/blt2992a92302e1f835" target="_blank">made more history at 36 years of age</a>.</p><div class="affiliate-button-container theme-1" data-name="Apple TV"><div class="affiliate-button"><img class="logo" height="40" width="72" src="https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltcc7a7ffd2fbf71f5/blt2de198b67da95a2e/65709d2436cf7d0407034ef9/Apple_TV.png" style="width: 72px; height: 40px;"><span class="affiliate-text">Get the MLS Season Pass today!</span></div><a href="https://tv.apple.com/channel/tvs.sbd.7000?itsct=goal_mls&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1010l39UY" class="affiliate-button-link" target="_blank">Stream games now</a></div>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>The all-time great scored one and teed up five more in a 6-2 win, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/magical-lionel-messi-personal-history-career-firsts-inter-miami-superstar-six-goal-showing-new-york-red-bulls/blt85182914370c19b8" target="_blank">those numbers on the goal contributions front being posted for the first time in MLS and by the man himself</a>. Such heroics have become par for the course from Messi, with the bar of individual brilliance being raised to unimaginable heights.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Uruguayan frontman Suarez – who netted a hat-trick against the Red Bulls - is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/no-longer-just-lionel-messi-show-how-luis-suarez-making-life-easier-inter-miami-more-difficult-inter-miami-mls-rivals/blt2f4e0308694dc9d7" target="_blank">fortunate enough to have worked with Messi at Barcelona and Inter Miami</a>, and said of being in a position where feats that can appear superhuman to some barely registering on his radar: “What we saw is surprising because it hasn’t been seen before in our sport, but as a team-mate and knowing Leo, nothing surprises me because that’s the quality player he is. On the field it’s a different feeling having him as a team-mate because we know each other so well, sometimes without even looking at each other. That was another plus we had on a great night.”</p>

WHAT SUAREZ SAID

<p>Another comprehensive win for Inter Miami has kept them at the top of the MLS Eastern Conference. They have a full week to recover before their next outing, which will see <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/fun-what-like-form-part-lionel-messi-circus-inter-miami-robert-taylor/blte2a49dcde03a05bb" target="_blank">the travelling Messi roadshow</a> roll into Canada for a meeting with CF Montreal.</p>

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