Lionel Messi led Inter Miami to its first final in its history on Tuesday after beating the Philadelphia Union 4-1 in the Leagues Cup semi-final. meters.
With the score at 1-0, Messi in midfield picked up a ball served by Venezuelan Josef Martínez and saw the rival goalkeeper, Andre Blake, scramble back towards his goal.
The genius of Rosario didn’t think so, who unleashed a low and very hard left foot shot from over 32 yards out that surprised an unanswered Blake and which, according to the official broadcast of the Leagues Cup on Apple TV+, was the farthest goal in the glorious career of Messi.
GOAL number for our #PHIVMIA | 0-2 pic.twitter.com/W6w0Th4pzZ
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 15, 2023
In addition, this is Messi’s ninth goal in just six games with Inter Miami. Those six games also ended in a victory for Florida’s.
Inter Miami will compete in the final against the winner of the game between Nashville and Monterrey.
The passage to the final of the Leagues Cup comes with an extra prize as Inter Miami qualifies for the Concacaf Champions Cup.
With undeniable strength against the rival goal (five shots from the visitors to 16 from the locals) and a great performance from their goalkeeper Drake Callender, Inter Miami sealed the game at half-time with a 0-3 defeat to a Philadelphia Union in ‘shock’.
Venezuelan Josef Martínez, Spaniard Jordi Alba and American of Honduran descent David Ruíz scored for the Miami side while American of Colombian descent Alejandro Bedoya scored for the Philadelphia team.
Source: El heraldo
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