Lionel Messi and Inter Miami cf They are heading towards the Concacaf Champions Cup semi -finals, and it took a dramatic return of three goals to get there.
Messi scored twice, including a penalty kick in the 84th minute to lift Inter Miami the past Laftc 3-1 Wednesday evening-good for 3-2 aggregated victories in a series of two legs. The called Herons needed three unanswered goals to win the series and ensure that the tiebreaker did not lose.
And for Messi, the Clincher series reminded how he led Argentina around France in the World Cup final in 2022. He scored two goals in this match, one on a penalty kick – then another in a penalty shootout. And these goals came against France Hugo Lloriswho was also in the network for LAFC on Wednesday evening.
Lloris could not solve Messi in the World Cup final – and he couldn’t even be in this. When the last whistle was, Inter Miami Javier Mascherano coach set out to celebrate air.
Oscar Ustari In the last minutes for Inter Miami, who will face the Mexican club Pumas or Vancouver Whitecaps in the semifinal of the tournament, they made two huge stops. The first stage of this match is set at the beginning of the 22nd, 23rd or 24th April.
AARON LONG He scored in the ninth minute to give LaFC leading 1-0, but Inter Miami put it in a much deeper hole than that. Inter Miami lost the operator of the series on LAFC 1-0, so the long goal not only gave the LAFC 2-0 aggregated lead-but also gave his club check over these goals.
This meant that Inter Miami needed at least three goals. It could look unlikely.
All things are possible with Messi.
Messi launched a assembly in the 35th minute, released near the peak of an 18-yard box and scored his left leg to join the match at 1-1 and give Inter Miami some hope. It was 41. The goal of Messi in 48 performances in all competitions with Inter Miami.
Noah allen He gave Inter Miami leading 2-1 in 61 minutes to a little coincidence; Headed the ball into the box and played it Redondo Federico. Lloris came out of his line and expected Redondo to play the ball, but bounced off the grass, jumped around both and ended up on the side of the net.
This tied the unit to 2-2, but LAFC was still held by the tiebreaker of the long-distance goal. And in the 67th minute Inter Miami thought he grabbed the lead in the series when Messi played the ball into the box that Luis Suarez He seemed to make the heading to the net, but the flag came to offside and took the goal from the album.
Inter Miami maintained pressure at all times, then successfully argued for a handball call, which was granted after the assignment, and Messi converted a point kick to give his team a lead 3-1 and a place in the semifinals.
