Luis Suarez’s second-half hat-trick and Lionel Messi’s five assists and a goal propelled Inter Miami to a resounding victory over New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer on Saturday. With a win by 6-2 score despite trailing by one goal, Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi made an incredible comeback in Major League Soccer.
Match highlights and goals
The team of Suarez-Messi fell behind in 30th minutes against the New York Red Bulls. Vanzer scored for Red Bulls. But the team that has the Messi-Suarez duo together, Inter Miami made an incredible comeback after the break, given the courtesy of Lionel Messi’s record. The Argentinian prince assisted five goals alone, Luis Suarez also scored a hat trick on that occasion. Messi also scored one goal himself. Matias Rojas scored the other two goals for inter. After the break, the New York Red Bulls were virtually overwhelmed in the half-hour spell. Before they knew it, the New York team, who went to the dressing room with a 1-0 lead at the break, scored 6 goals in 31st minutes.
Realizing that the situation is not favorable after the break, coach Gerardo Martino dropped Rojas. This Paraguayan midfielder scored within three minutes after entering the field. He scored in the 48th minute from Messi’s pass to equalize Miami. Leo himself put the team ahead after 2 minutes. Messi scored a goal in an extraordinary understanding with Suarez.
In the 62nd minute, Messi ripped through the defense of the New York Red Bulls and gave an impeccable pass to Rojas, the Paraguayan midfielder made no mistake to score his second goal. After that, in just 12 minutes, Barca’s teammate Luis Suarez scored a hat trick. This Uruguayan footballer scored a volley from Messi’s pass in the 68th minute. In the 75th minute, Suarez broke the defense of Red Bulls and scored a goal by playing a wall pass with Messi. The team’s sixth and Suarez’s third came courtesy of Messi in the 81st minute. In this case too, Suarez completed the hat trick by scoring a ball made by the Argentine star, and a shot from close range.
Player of the match
Lionel Messi won the well deserved title of the player of the match. Messi proved once again why he’s one of the greatest soccer players of all time.
Lionel Messi set a rare precedent in Major League Soccer. He contributed to six goals alone. Leo contributed to all of Miami’s goals in the match. Assisted score five goals alone, scored one himself. And all the goals were scored by his team in the second half of the match, i.e. in the next 45 minutes. This New York Red Bulls team beat Inter Miami 4-0 on March 23 of this year, Leo, Suarez took sweet revenge. Messi has a match against Montreal next Sunday.
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