With 2 goals of Lionel Messi, Inter Miami helped to score the fourth win in the Major League Soccer (MLS). Inter Miami won 2-1 against New England Revolution at US Gelette Stadium on Wednesday night.
With these two goals, Messi became the first player to score two goals in four consecutive league matches in MLS history. Inter Miami has won all four of these matches. Now Messi has scored 14 goals in 15 MLS matches this season. He is behind Nashville's Sam Surij (16 goals) in the Golden Boot race.
The first goal took place in the 27th minute Messi scored the first goal in the 27th minute by turning the header in a defense of New England. 11 minutes later, Messi scored another goal, proving to be a crucial goal of the match. Sergio Buskets, her old Barcelona fellow player, gave a wonderful pass, which Messi ran into the right time and converted into a goal.
Messi is dribbling football to goals.
The goal of Carls In the 79th minute, Carls Gill of New England scored with a powerful shot. After this, Inter Miami gave New England a chance. The team goalkeeper Oscar Ustari defended the brilliant. Although Inter Miami had to stay behind in terms of shots 13-16 (at Target 3-6), they took good advantage of the opportunities.
With this win, Inter Miami's MLS has a total of 35 points with 10 wins, 3 defeats and 5 draws and has reached fifth in the points table. They still played three matches less than the leading FC Cincinnati, because the club also participated in the Concacaf Champions Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup this year.
The New England team has suffered a defeat in the last 5 matches.
20th goal of the season Messi's two goals were their 19th and 20th goals this season. He has been in excellent form since he returned from the Club World Cup on June 29. He has scored a total of 7 goals against New England so far, which is his best record against any MLS team.
On Saturday, Inter Miami will clash against Nashville SC on his home ground (Chase Stadium, Fort Loaderdale). On the other hand, the New England team is not winning in the last five matches and is 11th in the Eastern Conference (6 wins, 8 defeats, 6 draws, 24 points). They will play the next match against the Austin FC.
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