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Lionel Messi and Inter Miami were supposed to play in Atlanta on Saturday night .
Messi opted to rest and remain in Miami , frustrating a sellout crowd filled with Messi jerseys.
Ticket prices cratered, falling from a get-in price of more than $200 earlier in the week to as low as $40 in the hours before the game.
The absence of Messi -cheering casuals left the stadium’s atmosphere in the hands of the Atlanta United hardcores.
With raucous chants, enormous swaying flags, fist-pumping Infinity Gauntlets and whirling giveaway towels, the 17s kept up a steady celebration that exploded into euphoria.
United went on to score twice in the second half and Miami once for a final score of 5 -2.
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