Lionel Messi: Record crowd fills Gillette Stadium for New England against Inter Miami as Argentine legend scores TWICE in resounding win for visitors

Lionel Messi gave a masterclass as more than 65,000 fans gathered at New England’s Gillette Stadium to watch the soccer legend in action on Saturday night.

Messi, considered by many to be the greatest football player in history, traveled to Foxborough with Inter Miami at the weekend as Tata Martino’s men clashed with the Revolution in their last outing in MLS.

And with Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain in town, a record number of fans filled Gillette Stadium hoping to see a genius at work.

According to the Revolution, 65,612 fans were in attendance for their game against Miami on Saturday – the largest home crowd in team history.

After just 40 seconds, they were treated to a surprise opener when Tomas Chancalay took advantage of a Miami defensive mishap to give New England the lead.

Lionel Messi put on a masterclass as more than 65,000 fans gathered at New England’s Gillette Stadium to watch the soccer legend in action.

According to the Revolution, 65,612 fans were in attendance Saturday for the game against Miami – the largest home crowd in team history.

However, Messi then exerted his dominance over proceedings by leveling the visitors with a lethal finish from close range 31 minutes later.

The 36-year-old first latched onto a pass from Robbie Taylor inside the box, before touching his feet and slotting the ball home to make it 1-1.

Just over 20 minutes into the second half, the 65,000 New England crowd found themselves purring over Messi once again when he linked up with fellow Barcelona legend Sergio Busquets to put Miami ahead.

Busquets spotted his famous teammate with a perfect pass in the 67th minute, allowing him to slot the ball past Henrich Ravas and into the back of the net.

After flocking to Gillette Stadium for a piece of history, the home support were treated to a two-goal masterclass from Messi on the evening.

Messi was at his best that night, scoring twice in a 4-1 win for his team

Miami eventually secured a comfortable 4-1 victory thanks to subsequent goals from Benjamin Cremaschi and substitute Luis Suarez.

Messi has now scored nine goals in seven MLS appearances for Inter this season, helping his side take a three-point lead at the top of the Eastern Conference.

Next up for the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner is a visit to the New York Red Bulls at Chase Stadium next Saturday.