Those fears were unfounded. Messi played and lived up to the hype. For every kid who used to get up early to watch him play games in Spain or learned soccer playing the FIFA video game. Messi still plays like the guy on their screen.

With a one of the world’s biggest superstars on center stage at Gillette Stadium, fans from far and wide flocked to Foxboro. Lionel Messi and Inter Miami took the New England Revolution Wednesday night.