Lionel Messi remains intractable in Inter Miami: scored the partial 1-1 against New England Revolution for the MLS.
After a difficult start for the Garzas, who fell behind after 37 seconds due to Tomás Chancalay’s goal, the Argentine star began to become the axis of his team, as usual, and tested the Slovakian goalkeeper Henrich Ravas with a right shot.
But his first big intervention of the night took place at 32 minutes, after Marcelo Weigandt stole the ball in midfield and enabled Robert Taylor, who first wanted to assist Messi.
The Finn’s pass was interrupted by Leonardo Campana’s backheel, but he quickly Taylor regained possession and, after good control, assisted Messi, who only in the area chose the near post, deceiving the Slovakian goalkeeper, and made it 1-1 in Massachusetts.against an opponent he had not yet faced since his arrival in the United States.
With tonight’s, Messi accumulates 21 goals and 9 assists in 23 games who played with the Inter Miami shirt. In addition, he won a title, the first in the history of the franchise: the 2023 Leagues Cup.
And this season the dynamic remains the same: the Rosario star adds 10 goals and 5 services in 10 gamesleading the MLS scoring table with 8 conquests.
This Saturday is Messi’s second game on a synthetic grass field in the MLS. On October 21, 2023, Inter Miami lost by the minimum against Charlotte FC, with number 10 playing the 90 minutes.
Regarding the match between the Herons, who lead the Eastern Conference, and the Revolution, the bottom team, they had not faced each other since June 2023, when Leo was still a Paris Saint-Germain player. On that occasion, the New England team won 3 to 1, but the record is divided: three wins per side.
