2023-08-12 07:34:51
Messi and Miami are still unbeatable. In the fifth game, the world champion scored his eighth goal and now meets a German in the semi-finals of the Leagues Cup.
Fort Lauderdale.
Lionel Messi took Inter Miami to the semi-finals of the North American Leagues Cup with his eighth goal in five games and remains unbeaten with his new team.
The world champions from Argentina scored the final goal in the 86th minute of the 4-0 (2-0) win against Charlotte FC on Friday evening. He was also instrumental in the 3-0 with the penultimate pass, Charlotte’s A Malanda then scored an own goal in his save attempt. Josef Martínez gave Miami the lead with a penalty goal (12th minute), Robert Taylor scored to make it 2-0 (32nd).
“We had a good start with the two goals,” said Sergio Busquets, who, like Messi and Jordi Alba, moved to Miami a few weeks ago and organized the hosts’ game with many good passes. Miami meets the Philadelphia Union around German defender Kai Wagner in the semifinals on Tuesday evening.
Hany Mukhtar is also in the semi-finals with Nashville FC. The Berliner scored the final score in the 5-0 win against Minnesota and prepared three more goals. He was also involved in almost all of his team’s good offensive actions. (dpa)
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