Compared to a crowd of more than 65 thousand spectators who applauded him from the warm-up, Leo Messi was once again the great figure in Inter Miami’s 4-1 win over New England Revolution this Saturday in the North American League (MLS). The Argentine star scored two goals, in the second double he has achieved in a row, and is at the top of the scoring table with nine goals in seven games, above the Colombian Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) and the Belgian Christian Benteke (DC United).
Inter is leading the Eastern Conference with 21 points in 11 games, while the Revolution remains in last place with four points in nine games. “Another victory to keep adding!” Messi congratulated himself in a message on Instagram after the crash.
The match started with an early goal from another Argentine attacker, Tomás Chancalay, that put New England ahead when only 37 seconds had passed in the game.
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Messi turned it around with goals in the 32nd and 68th minutes to the jubilation at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough (Massachusetts), also home of the NFL’s New England Patriotswhich experienced its largest crowd in a Revolution match.
“People in all the stadiums come to see Leo, to cheer for Leo, but then they want their team to win,” said Inter coach Gerardo Martino. “We are motivated by the atmosphere we find in each city where we play, but we also know that this greatly encourages our rivals.”
After the double of his captain, the Argentine-American Benjamin Cremaschi and the Uruguayan Luis Suarezboth in actions in which Messi participated, scored Inter’s other goals in the 83rd and 89th minutes.
The Gillette Stadium, with artificial grass, is the second field usually used by the NFL that is filled to receive Messi: before it was the Arrowhead stadium of the Kansas City Chiefs, where 72,610 spectators gathered.
Suárez started the game on the bench until he came on in the 63rd minute. “I wasn’t physically full, I was there for a certain number of minutes,” ‘Tata’ said about the veteran Uruguayan striker.
In the second half Martino gave the Paraguayan international midfielder his debut Matías Rojas, landed this week in an Inter plagued by casualties like that of his compatriot Diego Gómez, the Spanish Jordi Alba and the Argentine Federico Redondo.
As is traditional also when playing as a visitor, Lionel Messi was received with cheers from the fans from the very warm-up. Before the Argentine compensated for the high ticket prices, Inter served a goal on a plate to the locals in a loss by the Argentine central defender Nico Freire that led to a long pass to Chancalay, who took advantage of a poor start by goalkeeper Drake Callender to hit the ball over the top.
It was the third consecutive game in which Miami gave up a goal early in a game. Chancalay scored them at 37 seconds.
Inter did not lose their composure and began to feed balls to Messi, who did not forgive in his second intervention when receiving an assist from Robert Taylor that left him in a one-on-one with goalkeeper Henrich Ravas. In the second half, the Argentine made it 2-1 by receiving another great filtered pass from Sergio Busquets that allowed him to define with a cross left footed shot.
The young Cremaschi increased the advantage by taking advantage of the goalkeeper’s rebound from a shot by Messi, who had received a cross from the left by Matías Rojas. Suárez joined the party in the final stretch with a shot into the top corner after receiving a pass from Messi.
Another goal from Luciano Acosta
In other MLS results, the Austin FC expired 2-0 against Los Angeles Galaxy. That game had the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, in the stands, who the day before witnessed the victory of the Dallas Mavericks of his former player Luka Doncic in the NBA, greeted the footballers before the start of the clash at the Q2 Stadium in Austin (Texas). Chilean Diego Rubio and Colombian Jáder Obrian scored the goals for Austin’s second consecutive victory.
On your side Argentine Luciano Acosta, current league MVP, opened the scoring in FC Cincinnati’s 2-1 victory against the Colorado Rapids.
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