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Opponent: I didn’t want to come to the United States to play football, but when Messi came, I came!

4:48am, 16 October 2025【Football】

October 14th. Messi’s rival in Major League Soccer and the third-highest scorer in the competition with Messi for the Golden Boot, Nashville forward Sulic, was interviewed and talked about Messi. He said that he originally didn't want to come to the United States to play football, but now that Messi is here, he will come too.

Messi has 26 goals and 0 penalties, Boanga has 24 goals and 7 penalties, and Suric has 23 goals and 5 penalties. Messi has the biggest advantage. Suric was asked about his feelings about competing with Messi for the MLS Golden Boot. He said that he might need a hat trick to do so. But when Suqi said this, Messi had not played the most recent game, so his hat trick could indeed surpass Messi. But now Messi has 3 more goals than him, even if he scores a hat trick.

Suric said that hat-trick is not easy, although he believes that he can always score. If he can score a hat-trick, that would be great. Suric also led Nashville to win the U.S. Open Cup, which is a good achievement. Suric said Nashville wants to be in the top four of the conference, so he needs to score more goals. Talking about competing with Messi for the Golden Boot, he said that being discussed with Messi is a huge achievement in itself.

Suric was asked why he wanted to play in the American Major League? He said he originally didn't want to come to the United States to play football because he wanted to stay in England. But when he saw Messi joining Inter Miami, he also realized that the MLS would expand its rules because the United States would host the World Cup, so he came. He said that the MLS is improving every year.

Suric came to the United States to play football because of Messi, and he also played against Messi. Suric remembers that when they played against Inter Miami in July, they were undefeated in ten games and he had 16 goals while Messi scored 14. At that time, Nashville sent a free kick. Suric felt that Messi was going to score. As a result, Messi did score. He felt so crazy. Suric said that when he was teammates with Messi, he tried hard to stay focused, but there was no way because Messi was there.

Suric also said that Messi is about to retire, but he only won the Ballon d'Or two years ago.

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