Little Kid in Tears After Lionel Messi’s Free-Kick Hits Her During Inter Miami’s 5-0 Win; Watch Viral VIDEO

Florida: Lionel Messi, who is regarded as one of the best footballers ever, scored a second-half brace on Sunday during an MLS match in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to help his side win 5-0. Apart from Messi, Luis Suarez too scored a brace (4′, 11′) which gave Miami an early 2-0 lead, before Robert Taylor made it 3-0 in the 29th-minute.

But it was something else that stole the show on Sunday night. It was a wayward Messi free-kick that hit a little kid and became the talk of the town. Soon after the ball hit the toddler, she was in tears. Here is the clip that is now going viral:

Messi’s free kick hits a baby in the crowdpic.twitter.com/ZT6DrxQt73

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Speaking after the match, Messi said, “We’re doing well, we’re enjoying it, we’re growing. Today was an important match to win, to continue on this path of growth and this has to make us very strong for everything that’s to come.”

Not long back, Messi disappointed fans and organisers as he did not play the exhibition match in Hong Kong. While this has not gone down well with fans, Inter Miami had to issue an apology. Messi did not even warm-up in front of the fans as he was being attended by the medical staff.

“Despite our best intentions, we understand there has been disappointment over the absence of Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez in Sunday’s match and we are sorry that the two players could not participate,” Miami said in a statement sent to Reuters on Thursday.