Lionel Messi scores double, takes Inter Miami to Leagues Cup quarterfinals

Lionel Messi scores double, takes Inter Miami to Leagues Cup quarterfinals

Argentine famous person Lionel Messi scored double, together with a late freekick, to ship Inter Miami to the 2023 Leagues Cup quarterfinals on Sunday.

The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner and 2022 FIFA World Cup champion, Messi, 36, scored Inter Miami’s first and final targets within the match at FC Dallas to show one other environment friendly efficiency for his membership.

Dallas have been on a 4-2 lead towards Miami with 10 minutes left however two late targets took the match to the penalty shootout.

Messi whipped a freekick into the six-yard field however Dallas’ US defender Marco Farfan scored an personal purpose by way of a header within the eightieth minute to slim the hole, 4-3.

The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) ahead, Messi was on the scoresheet once more close to the top of the match as he curled an aesthetic freekick to equalize, 4-4 to ship it to the penalties.

Inter Miami beat Dallas 5-3 in a penalty shootout at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas to safe a berth within the quarterfinals of the Leagues Cup. Their subsequent recreation can be on Aug. 11.

Messi, who was signed for Inter Miami in July, scored seven targets in 4 Leagues Cup matches.

The Leagues Cup is a global membership soccer event between US and Canada’s Major League Soccer (MLS) and Mexico’s Liga MX, that started on July 21 and can run by means of Aug. 19.

Source: www.anews.com.tr