Miami 4-1 CF Montréal (Jul 5, 2025) Game Analysis
Lionel Messi scored twice to help Inter Miami in a 4-1 victory against the host CF Montreal on Saturday.
Miami (9-3-5, 32 points) played his first MLS match in more than a month due to his participation in the Club World Cup. Miami was eliminated last week during a 4-0 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain.
But Javier Mascherano’s team has not shown no harmful effect of this punishment in punishment when she won her third consecutive MLS match.
Messi was once again the star of the show to switch to 12 goals in 14 mLS this season
Prince Owusu scored the only goal in Montreal (3-13-5, 14 points), which won two of his previous three.
Owusu gave Montreal an advance from 1-0 to the second minute. Messi missed a pass attempt and an discovered Owusu recovered the ball at the top of the box before putting a strike by goalkeeper Oscar Ustari in the back of the net.
The Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois put his hands to refuse visitors a corner in the 13th minute and two minutes later, he obtained his fingertips on a chance by Jordi Alba to send him from the right post and the good post.
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In the 20th minute, Sirois came out of his line in the penalty zone and slipped to deny Tadeo Allende of a quality opportunity, and at the 27th minute came out at the top of the box to steal a chance at Telasco Segovia.
Miami finally pierced in the 33rd minute. Messi nourished off go outside the top right of the box, and Allende made some progress before shooting a dart in the net to attach it 1-1.
Messi then put Miami forward 2-1 in the 40th minute. Going up on the right side, the Argentinian cut inside the middle of the box and completed a low blow in the most distant corner.
Segovia succeeded 3-1 in the 60th minute when he shot from the outside of the box which touched the underside of the transverse bar and landed in the cage.
Messi added his second in the match with a magnificent solo goal two minutes later. He took the ball near midfielder inside the box, twisted and exceeding several Montreal defenders before pulling a high shot in the net.
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