Just 20 minutes.
Twenty coins were spent for
Lionel Messi
to once again be a key piece in the path that
Inter Miami
is taking with the aim of entering the next
Club World Cup,
through the so-called
Concachampions
, the Concacaf Champions Cup.
The obstacle that
Nashville
represented was deactivated that quickly in the rematch of the series that began 2-2 in the first leg.
Suárez starts off our second leg of @TheChampions with a bang💥
Messi sets up Suárez for a finish that puts us in the lead!
#MIAvNSH |
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— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) March 14, 2024
At eight minutes he was the key to opening the scoring with a precision assist for
Luis Suárez
.
A play from memory: the player from Rosario received from the left, controlled and touched with just enough force for the Uruguayan who was already running to beat the defender and finish in front of the goal with a subtle touch between the goalkeeper's legs.
In this way, the
Tata Martino
team began to carve out the classification in front of its fans at the Chase stadium.
It was Messi himself who extended the lead
.
At 23 minutes he commanded a play in the midfield, released and went to look for the finish in the center.
The combination got dirty along the way, but
Las Garzas
regained possession thanks to the Paraguayan youth
Diego Gómez,
who entered the area and touched for the captain who, despite being left behind, stopped it and finished it without problems.
Messi makes it✌️
Diego Gómez finds Messi who puts it away and doubles the lead!#MIAvNSH |
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— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) March 14, 2024
The goal confirms the best month of the year, or at least the most productive, for the world champion:
of the 826 goals of his career, 106 were in March
.
If they make it to the quarterfinals, they will face the winner of Monterrey - Cincinnati, which had the Mexican team as the winner in the first leg 1-0. The winner of the competition will qualify for the next Club World Cup.