Argentine star Lionel Messi scored a wonderful goal and led his team, Inter Miami, to win the American and Mexican Football Associations Cup, by defeating Nashville 10-9 on penalties, after they tied 1-1, Saturday.
Messi, the world champion in the last Qatar World Cup, put Inter Miami ahead in the 24th minute with a wonderful goal from outside the area in the right scissors, but Fava Biko equalized for Nashville in the second half (57).
And after the Ecuadorean, Leonardo Campana, missed the chance to win Inter Miami in substitute time alone, the latter prevailed in a penalty shootout, winning the title thanks to a save from his goalkeeper, Drake Callender, according to “Agence France Presse”.
Lionel Messi scored his tenth goal in the “American-Mexican” Football League Cup to crown his successful start with Inter Miami by winning the club’s first title, according to Reuters.
Messi celebrated with his former Barcelona colleagues, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, the first title in American soil, after the trio succeeded in shooting from the penalty mark.
Inter Miami, which was founded three years ago with a great push from the former English football star, David Beckham, was at the bottom of the American Football League when Messi joined his ranks last month, and he succeeded in turning it into a winning team after a series of victories in the League Cup.
This title is the 44th in the career of the Argentine star, to become the player with the most titles in the history of the game, and he also won the awards for best player and top scorer in the tournament.
The thirty-sixth son has scored ten goals in seven matches in the pink shirt for his new team, and he will have the opportunity to qualify for a new final, when he faces Cincinnati in the semi-finals of the US Open Cup, on Wednesday.
2023-08-20 06:34:17
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