Fort Lauderdel, Fla. , Lionel Messi On Saturday night, the Philadelphia Union scored an immediate impact for Inter Miami, scoring a win in a 2–1 victory, which reached the first place in the Eastern Conference of Major League Soccer on behalf of South Florida.
Messi returned to the lineup and scored less than two minutes after the match in the second half. Eight -time Ballon D’Or winner took a pass Luis Suarez To the right of the penalty box, a quick step was taken and sent a right-foot shot to the last two Philadelphia defenders of two Philadelphia defenders in the net for a 2–0 inter-Miami lead.
This season was Messi’s second goal in three MLS matches.
Miami’s head coach Xavier Mascherano said he wanted to reduce Messi back into action, while avoiding the risk of further injury, he was an editor’s injury after missing two World Cup qualifiers for Argentina.
“We wanted Leo to have minutes,” Masherano said at a news conference. “This idea was to play him for 30–35 minutes, with extra time he played more but he feels good.
“We did not want to start and put him at risk because we thought we would run a risk in doing so. Fortunately he finished well, and it makes us very happy.”
Messi was also working with an adicter injury with an issue with her left thigh, which took place in an inter -miami game against Atlanta two weeks ago. However, Miami was not played during the FIFA Window, so only the match was Messi missed World Cup qualifiers – when Argentina, which Messi captained for the 2022 title, qualified for 2026 tournaments.
Messi came in the 55th minute on Saturday, and the target came in the 57th. He had at least one goal contribution to all three MLS matches, which has appeared for Inter Miami in this season, 4–0-1 in MLS Play and 8–0-1 in this season, when the ConcacAF Champions Cups joined four wins.
Inter Miami jumped in front in the 23rd minute and took a 1-0 lead in half a time on a goal Robert Taylor, Benjamin cramaschi And Jordan alba Help that goal.
Messi came for Taylor and quickly took a 2–0 lead with Suarez and Faf Picault To get help
Denial gazedag In the 80th minute, the target was achieved for Philadelphia (4–2–0), but Inter Miami was held from there.
Inter Miami will now prepare to face LAFC in the first phase of the ConcacAF Champions Cup series at BMO Stadium on Wednesday night. Masterano said that he hopes that Messi will visit Los Angeles, if everything goes well during the upcoming training sessions.
“The plan is to travel and travel to Los Angeles for him. Today, he played at the time he played, because he was good,” Mascherano said. “We did not put him at risk.
“He was not for full 90, but it made him good to play well to play 45 minutes and if nothing is strange, the plan is to travel for him.”
The team defeated Cavalier FC in 16 rounds to reach the first quarter -finals.
Information of Associated Press was used in this report.