Lionel Messi coming to the field means a different excitement, madness works. A new precedent is created when the Argentine star enters the field.
No matter where he plays in the world, stadiums are packed to watch him. 65,000 spectators attended the stadium to see him. Inter Miami faced the New England Revolution.
The audience may not have settled in the match yet. The New England Revolution Scored before that. After that, Inter Miami slowly started to come back in the match. After falling behind, Messi made history with a pair of goals and also won the team. New England didn’t care in the end against Inter Miami.
Inter Miami beat New England 4-1 at home on Sunday morning in Major League Soccer. Messi contributed to all the team’s goals that day. Messi has topped the list of goal scorers this season by scoring two goals in the match. He played 7 matches in the league and scored 9 goals. With this, Messi assisted multiple goals in five consecutive matches. No player in the history of Major League Soccer could set such a precedent. Benjamin Cremasky and Luis Suárez scored Miami’s other two goals. Messi had assists in these two goals.
Match highlight and goals
As soon as the match started, Carless Gill of New England lobbed the ball and from there Thomas Sankhala scored a great goal. The onrushing goalkeeper fired over the head of Derek Callender. The time of the match was only 37 seconds. Inter equalized in the 32nd minute of the match. They equalized with Messi’s goal. The Miami captain scored with a left-footed shot. At the end of the first half, the score was tied at 1-1.
Miami increased the attack in the second half. In the 67th minute of the match, Messi received Sergio Busquets’ extended ball inside the box. He did not make a mistake to score from there.
Cremaski scored the third goal for the team in the 83rd minute. Suarez scored five minutes later. Messi also contributed to this goal. This is Suarez’s seventh goal in the league. As a result of this victory, Inter Miami came to the top of the points list of the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer with 21 points in 11 matches.
“That goal was very important to help me mentally,” Cremaschi said of scoring after such a long layoff.
Suarez entered the game in the 63rd minute, replacing Campana. Cremaschi replaced Julian Gressel late in the second half and Taylor was replaced by Paraguayan midfielder Matias Rojas, who joined the team this week. Martino said the plan was to have Suarez play the final 30 minutes, and give Taylor and Campana approximately 60 minutes as they were returning from injury.
“Suarez comes in, another world class player and finds a goal; so you got two goals from Messi and a third from Suarez, and that’s what those guys do,” Porter said.
Inter Miami remains in first place in the MLS Eastern Conference with 21 points on six wins, two losses and three ties. Miami has scored a league-high 26 goals.
Player of the match
Lionel Messi was honoured with the title of player of the match. Messi has scored a league-best nine goals in seven games this season. He also has a league-high seven assists and became the first player in MLS history to have multiple goal contributions in five consecutive games.
“We felt pretty good about our defending, we were limiting their effectiveness in creating clear chances, but that’s Messi…he finds two goals out of nowhere and it exposes you,” said New England coach Caleb Porter.
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