Alexis Nunes

Well, if you have a look at these stats, no shots on goal from the Argentine.

Well, I would say they contained him very, very well.

Let's hear from Mark Dos Santos about what the game plan was to contain the Argentine.

All right, very happy Marcos Santos there for this one.

All right, Ale, let's get into it.

Now, it's only the first game of the season, but I still have so many questions going on.

How much of a statement win was this for LAFC?

How much can we read into it?

Do we just say, okay, you know, Inter-Miami just dusting off some, you know, early season cobwebs probably.

But to see a Lionel Messi go into a game with no shots on target is something we're not used to, despite his age.

Do you feel he was managing himself 100%?

And of course, because of Inter-Miami and what they achieved last season and Messi just being messy, we're going to talk a lot more about what Messi did wrong or what Inter-Miami did wrong.

But definitely, as you said, this feels like it was set up for LAFC to put on a big performance.

That is easier said than done, especially when you give in the opposition.

But do you feel like this is a statement win?

How is it an early sign maybe of what more we can expect from LAFC this season in terms of being contenders?

Aleppo, it's a big statement.

Start as you mean to go on.

Are we taking down the defending champs?

To encourage their fans maybe to believe that they could be contenders for the season because I'd be feeling mighty high after a win like this.