By Gura Garcia
This Saturday night there was a lot of partying at the Chase Stadium facilitiesafter the Las Garzas team, Inter Miami, beat the New England Revolution in a duel that culminated in victory for the pink team through a simply unique victory on Decision Day of Major League Soccer 2024.
Road to the Club World Cup
The Fort Lauderdale franchise received the Supporter’s Shield trophy and in addition, Gianni Infantino announced that the club will be participating in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. And we must also add that Argentine forward Lionel Messi scored a new hat-trick in his career and became the top scorer in the history of the South Florida club.
Messi entered the field of play from the substitutes’ bench to be the spearhead in what was the overwhelming victory of the team led by Argentine coach, Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino, (6 goals to 2) and scoring their first three goals in the same match in Major League Soccer (MLS).
The MLS Playoffs are coming
After the 3 goals scored by the former FC Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain player, the Argentine surpassed Leonardo Campana in the table of all-time top scorers in the Inter Miami franchise, so he now has 33 in total. We must also remember that the 2024 MLS Cup Playoffs are just around the corner, and it is the perfect opportunity for Messi to continue making history for his career and especially that of the Las Garzas team.
After arriving at the pink franchise of the North American league in the summer of 2023the Argentine star establishes himself as the pink team’s top scorer and this achievement comes in just 36 official matches, where he has also accumulated a total of 18 assists. Likewise, in the 2024 MLS regular campaign he was able to score a total of 20 goals and give his teammates 10 assists in just 19 games defending the colors of Inter Miami.
These were Messi’s goals against the Revolution
The Argentine striker’s three goals came in the 78th minute of the game.’, 81′ and 89′, but they all went in a different way. The first of them took place thanks to a backheel from his teammate and friend, the Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez, where he faked the Ecuadorian Xavier Arriaga and after that he finished a shot placed in the left corner of the New England Revolution goal.
The second goal reached the scoreboard with the assistance of his eternal teammate in the Barcelona Football Club.the Spanish left back, Jordi Alba. With a filtered pass from the Spaniard, Messi defined before Aljaž Ivačič’s bailout. Finally, Messi’s third goal was with a fantasy play that Campana, Suárez and he made, where he simply had to volley into the New England Revolution goalkeeper’s area.
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