At 7:30 a.m. Beijing time on September 15, in the 31st round of the United States Major League regular season, Miami International hosted Philadelphia Union, and Messi, who recovered from injury in this game, returned to start. In the first half, the visitors scored in the first minute of the opening game, and then Messi scored twice in four minutes to reverse the score, and before half-time he assisted Suarez to score a goal, but it was disallowed for offside; In the second half, Messi assisted Suarez in stoppage time to score. In the end, Inter Miami won 3-1 at home against Philadelphia Union.
Messi suffered a serious ankle injury in the Copa America final on July 15 this year, so he missed two months of play. Messi is back from injury today, starting against Philadelphia Union. It was his first appearance for Inter Miami in 105 days. Inter Miami is currently ranked first in the major leagues in the East, while Philadelphia Union is ranked 11th in the East.
In the first minute, the Miami International player made a mistake in the backfield, and the unguarded Uller stopped the ball on his chest to cut off the ball, and then came to the penalty area to feign to shake off the defender and shoot low with his left foot, and Philadelphia Union led Miami International 1-0.
In the 4th minute, Baribo of Philadelphia United shot with his left foot from outside the penalty area, the ball was not very powerful, and it was collected by goalkeeper Callender. In the 6th minute, Inter Miami won a free kick in front of the penalty area, and Messi hit the wall directly. In the 19th minute, the Miami International player made a mistake at the back, goalkeeper Callender came out to defuse the ball, and the subsequent follow-up shot was blocked by the defender.
In the 26th minute, Suarez received the ball with his back in front of the penalty area and divided it to the right side, Messi led the ball past the defender who was close to the defense, and scored with a low right-footed shot in the penalty area, and Miami International equalized the score 1-1.
In the 30th minute, Alba stepped forward to receive the ball on the left side of the penalty area, and then the ball was crossed to the middle, and Messi, who followed him, pushed the goal with his left foot, and Miami International overtook Philadelphia Union 2-1. It was Messi's 16th goal in 16 games this season, bringing his career tally to 840.
In the 37th minute, Baribo hit a long-range shot again, and the ball touched the defender's body and went out of the bottom line. In the 43rd minute, Suarez received a cross from the right side in the middle of the penalty area and pushed it with his right foot, and the ball was saved by the goalkeeper. In the 45th minute, Messi received a through plug with his back in front of the penalty area, he attracted two defenders and then split the ball on the left side, and the unguarded Suarez shot directly with his right foot without stopping the ball, and the ball hung straight into the corner. However, Messi was offside when he received the ball, and the goal was invalidated. At the end of the first half, Inter Miami temporarily led 2-1.
In the second half, Philadelphia Union had a chance to cross into the box from the right side of the field, and Uller's close-range header went high. In the 66th minute, Philadelphia United switched to a cross from the left, and Baribo headed in the box, this time just over the crossbar. Two minutes later, Philadelphia Union continued to cross from the left side of the front, and the header from the middle went high again.
In the 75th minute, Suarez received a yellow card for complaining about the referee. In the 77th minute, Alba took the ball back to Messi in the front, and then continued to insert it, Messi sent the ball directly out of the straight plug without stopping, Alba on the left side of the penalty area seemed to pass and shoot at a small angle, the ball was off the bottom line, and Alba was also offside.
In the 82nd minute, Philadelphia United's Ghazdoug volleyed from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball hit the side-netting. In the 84th minute, Elliott of Philadelphia Union played a long-range shot in front, but the ball was saved by the goalkeeper. The Miami defender then made a mistake in the penalty area and was cut off, but goalkeeper Callender was able to save his opponent's close-range shot. In the 98th minute, Miami International crossed from the left side of the front field, Messi in the penalty area stopped the ball to attract the defense and passed the ball horizontally, Suarez scored directly with a volley without stopping, and Miami International led Philadelphia Union 3-1.
In the end, the game ended at full-time with Inter Miami winning 3-1 against Philadelphia Union.