Alexis Nunes

He is Messi.

63rd minute.

Percedame here with a chance.

With cheese.

The Shakas Tropic with cheese.

All right, well, Buanga gets past the defender.

He crosses it to Ordaz, who scores LAFC's third goal of the night.

All right, so the season opener for the defending champions not going well.

Now, there were a lot of people wondering how they were going to contain Inter Miami and Lionel Messi.

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%?