Madness in El Salvador for Messi: Fans travel more than 12 hours and pay up to 400 dollars

Central American fans do everything to see the Argentine star at the Cuscatlán Stadium.

The euphoria in El Salvador for Lionel Messi is crazy and the fans did everything to see the Argentine star of Inter Miami who will face the Salvadoran national team tonight at the Cuscatlán Stadium.

Not only are Salvadoran fans going crazy to see Messi live for the first time, but fans from neighboring countries such as Honduras and Guatemala also made the trip to San Salvador to support the Argentine.

There are even those who traveled by bus for 12 hours: “It is the best in the world, it is an event that is not going to happen all the time, so that is why we have to take advantage of it. In fact, on the bus that I traveled, the majority were Hondurans to see the huge event that El Salvador has with the presence of Leo Messi,” commented a fan to Juan Carlos Díaz, from TUDN.

Other fans brought Messi’s image to the Cuscatlán Stadium on t-shirts, scarves and flags or on their skin, such as the case of a Guatemalan fan who got a tattoo of the Argentine lifting the World Cup, in addition to paying close to $400 to attend the match. friendly.

“First time I’m going to see him, it’s my dream to meet him, to see him, today I die happy. I come from Guatemala, I traveled 12 hours to be here and I am very happy to be in Cuscatlán. “This is a dream, it is going to be the best, I can die in peace, happy,” the fan mentioned.

The fans of El Salvador are crazy about Messi and many of them don’t mind paying more than a month’s minimum wage to fulfill their dream of seeing the world champion.

The match against La Selecta will be the first of Inter Miami’s tour around the world as part of its preparation for the 2024 MLS season.