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Lionel Messi watched his best friend Luis Suarez come close to scoring a hat-trick in the first half.
So Messi is almost at his own level after the break.
Messi scored two goals in five minutes in the second half, Suarez added two goals in the first 11 minutes, and Robert Taylor scored the other goal as Inter Miami beat regional rivals Orlando City 5-0 at Chase on Saturday. Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Inter Miami has seven points after three matches to start the 2024 MLS season. It’s the kind of performance that makes you think Messi and Suarez are still in the prime of their careers, not twilight.
“We’re good, we’re having fun, we’re growing,” Messi said in a post-match interview with Apple TV. “To continue on that path of development, today was an important game to win, and the truth is that it should make us very strong for everything that comes.”
Messi’s first goal was comical: he chested and chipped the rebound, standing in front of an empty net as Orlando City’s Rodrigo Schlegel struggled to pull him away. Messi only laughed when the ball went into the net in the 57th minute.
Messi’s second was a beauty: he crossed the ball from Suarez and headed it into the left corner of the net in the 62nd.Th minute.
Messi had two free kicks in the game, including 91.St Minut missed both chances to score the third goal. Suarez didn’t need it after his earlier performance.
Uruguayan striker Suarez scored the first goal in the fourth minute and the second goal in the 11th minute from the left.Th minute.
Newcomer Julian Gressel, who has won two MLS titles, assisted on both goals. Both players left the game after 67 minutes.
“It’s very difficult to start again because I changed my look and how I play. And I think he knows everything about myself,” Suarez said of playing with Messi and the first two goals of his Inter Miami career.
In the 29th minute, Taylor scored his second goal of the year off Suarez’s pass.
Suarez came close to a hat-trick before the break but an offside call ruled out what would have been Inter Miami’s fourth goal as Taylor was sent off.
In the 34th minute, Messi made several attempts at a free kick that went wide of the left line.
A day after the four-year anniversary of Inter Milan’s debut in Major League Soccer, the club’s biggest win in club history showed the former FC Barcelona star has plenty left in the tank.
“Those people are not here to lift their feet. I think you have seen this from the past weeksGressel spoke about Messi and Suarez. “They were great. They want to win. And they’re trying to do everything for the team to win.”
The game was Inter Miami’s third of the season and came six days after the last. But the road will be grueling again with Inter Miami playing five matches in 14 days, while Messi could play seven matches in 21 days – the last two against Argentina as a warm-up for the Copa America later this month.
Inter Miami coach Tata Martino said, “We have to be more careful about the recovery of the players.”
Lionel Messi scored 62 goals and scored for the second time.Th At the minute, Inter Miami led 5-0.
Messi ran down the right side and took the ball from Suarez on the field, Messi tied it on the left side to the right side.
Orlando City’s defender tried to put the chip into the net with 56 balls when Messi scored the ball he received in the chest.Th minute, Inter Miami lead 4-0.
The easiest was the comical sequence in which the defender physically dragged Messi away as the goal chance appeared to have appeared.
Jordi Alba’s shot went into the net, but Orlando’s Robin Jansen cleared the net.
Messi came to stop the ball with his chest before Orlando’s Rodrigo Schlegel chipped it into the net.
Messi watched the ball slowly enter the back of the net.
Messi had another goal-scoring chance in Inter’s win over Miami, but it went wide.
Messi’s miss came in the 54th.Th Minute, two years later by Julian Gressel.
Gressel’s second shot hit the top of the net instead of the net, and his first shot was too high.
Ojeda’s goal is not good: Inter Miami 3, Orlando City 0
Inter Miami almost conceded a goal to start the second half, but the score remained 3-0.
Orlando City’s Martin Ojeda beat Inter Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender with a goal, but the referee ruled it offside.
Luis Suarez went close to scoring a hat-trick before half-time when he waved his finger at the referee’s decision, but Robert Taylor was sent off.
Suarez dribbled past Orlando City goalkeeper Pedro Gallese, who was far from the net, and into the net.
He almost made it a hat-trick for Suarez and Inter Miami led 4-0 before the break.
Lionel Messi had a free kick opportunity and failed to convert it into a goal.
Messi’s shots had that patented twist that you’ve seen throughout his career, but the shot deflected off the outstretched arms of Orlando City goalkeeper Pedro Gallese and hit the left post.
Inter Miami is rolling against Orlando City in the first half, with Robert Taylor scoring his second goal of the season at 29.Th minute.
Taylor scored the first two goals of the game off a pass from Luis Suarez. And Inter Miami fortunately stayed there.
Orlando City goalkeeper Pedro Gallese played close to Suarez and gave Taylor an open net.
Lionel Messi almost had a shot on goal before an Orlando City player blocked his way near the net in the 25-yard box.Th minute.
Still, Messi quickly won over fans by getting the OO’s and A’s in attendance.
A dribble saw Messi put the ball in front of a running defender. Another Messi played with the defender.
Two goals in 11 minutes for Luis Suarez.
At this point, Suarez’s left boot from the left side of the field gave Inter Miami a 2-0 lead over Orlando City.
Well done to Suarez, who smiled brightly as he embraced Lionel Messi and Robert Taylor after the result.
One minute Luis Suarez was in pain. He found the back of the net next.
Suarez scored in 4 of them.Th A minute into the game following a shot from Julian Gressel.
Suarez appeared to strain his right leg in the third minute when he went down following a through ball from a defender. He struggled in Inter Miami’s first two matches. But the opening goal was a good start.
Emotions were high as Messi took the field for pre-match warm-ups. He received a standing ovation and quickly greeted the fans in the stands. He also did warm-ups with teammate Luis Suarez, and even took a penalty shootout.
Messi is in Inter Miami’s starting line-up. Here are the lineups for both teams:
Major League Soccer’s referee lockout scored a major goal on Saturday, just hours before Lionel Messi and Inter Miami face off in a nationally televised match.
Referee Guilherme Cerreta has been removed from officiating Inter Miami’s game against Orlando City after photos of him wearing Inter Miami uniforms surfaced online.
“Referee Guyherme Cerreta has been removed from the game,” the Professional Referees Organization (PRO) said in a statement to USA TODAY Sports before the game.
Does Messi speak English? His Inter Miami teammate shared a funny story.
Lionel Messi speaks a little more English than he lets on – surprising for the Inter Miami star who won the World Cup with Argentina.
Inter Miami’s Julian Gressel says Messi gave him clear instructions in English during the pre-season in Saudi Arabia.
Messi’s reaction after speaking to Gressel in English: English, very good, isn’t it?
Inter Miami coach Tata Martino has expressed concern over how hard Messi has played in the first two games of the season. Keeping Messi’s body is an integral part of the long game as well.
“I was actually discussing some things with him. “My biggest concern is how he’s recovering day-by-day and game-by-game,” Martino said.
“In these first two games, I feel like we relied on him too much in each game, which made him very tired in both games.”
Messi has a game-tying goal and an assist in his first two games this season. Inter Miami beat Real Salt Lake and scored four points out of six in a draw against the Galaxy.
Along with Inter Miami’s season, Messi is expected to join Argentina in this summer’s Copa America, which could be the last major international tournament after the 2022 World Cup. He is 36.
In the next three weeks of March, Messi’s workload will be high with five games against Inter Miami and two matches against the Argentina national team.
Inter Miami’s game against Orlando City on Saturday kicks off a five-game stretch in two weeks. The second and fourth games of the stretch were against Nashville SC in the CONCACAF Championship Round of 16.
Messi was selected by Argentina To play in two recently announced matches – March 22 against El Salvador in Philadelphia and March 26 against Costa Rica in Los Angeles – that would make it seven matches in 21 days.
If Messi plays in friendlies, he will miss Inter Miami’s road game against the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena on March 23. Inter Miami’s March 30 home game against New York FC could be Messi’s return or a rest day after March. Board.
Argentina will play either Canada or Trinidad and Tobago in the tournament opener on June 20 at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Argentina’s second match is against Chile on June 25 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Argentina will also play Peru on June 29 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Copa America final will be played at the home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins on July 14.
Argentina will have two warm-up matches before playing in the Copa America: June 9 against Ecuador at Chicago’s Soldier Field; June 14 against Guatemala at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland.
Messi could miss at least five Inter Miami games this summer if Argentina reach the Copa America final again. Possible matchups: June 15 at Philadelphia Union; June 19 vs. Columbus Crew; June 29 in Nashville; July 3 at Charlotte FC; and July 6 at FC Cincinnati.
Lionel Messi has reached another milestone this time on social media.
2022 World Cup champion and eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi reached 500 million followers on Instagram last weekend.
Look at his Thanks for the post over here.
Messi drips on the injured player and goes viral.
Lionel Messi showed what many consider to be football’s best ever, with just one streak in the season opener.
Messi went viral after dribbling on an injured defender – Andrew Brody, who was stretched out on the pitch after getting his arm in a row – during the first half of Inter Miami’s 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night.