After playing in a temperature of -17 degrees on a chilly Tuesday night in Stoke, Lionel Messi just responded to the question of whether he could do it.

Even though Lionel Messi broke numerous records, won everything he could during his career,

and is ranked number one on FourFourTwo’s list of the greatest players of all time,

many still doubt whether he could have performed against a Tony Pulis-led Stoke City circa

2010 on a bitterly cold midweek evening. However, even though the Argentine legend is no longer

playing in Europe, much less the Championship where Stoke City play, he has demonstrated his

abilities in similar circumstances while playing for Inter Miami.

In the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup first-round matchup against Sporting Kansas City,

Messi and his teammates—including Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets—were exposed to the bitter cold of -17 degrees.

On Wednesday night, 15,178 spectators attended the game at Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Park.According to earlier reports,

Messi didn’t even want to play in the game since the 37-year-old couldn’t handle the cold. However,

Messi played the entire 90 minutes and scored the game’s lone goal in the 56th minute, dispelling those rumors.

Messi held the ball on his chest after Busquets lofted it over the Sporting Kansas City defense and scored in