Inter Miami, Lionel Messi and Philadelphia Union
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The Philadelphia Inquirer |
The Union suffered their second loss of the season on Saturday, falling to Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami, 2-1, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The New York Times |
Messi scored twice, the first a thunderous strike from just inside the penalty area to beat LAFC goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and give Miami life in the first half.
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Inter Miami plays a home game Saturday vs Philadelphia Union, which leads the Eastern Conference through five games.
Inter Miami jumped in front in the 23rd minute and took a 1-0 lead into halftime on a goal by Robert Taylor. Benjamin Cremaschi and Jordi Alba had the assists on that goal. Messi came on for Taylor, and quickly stretched the lead to 2-0. Inter Miami won 2-1.
With Miami losing to LAFC, Lionel Messi's streak of scoring or assisting a goal in every match that he has appeared in this season also came to an end, but considering that they have been able to win matches without their talisman,
Lionel Messi was not in Inter Miami’s starting lineup on Saturday, but was in uniform as he arrived with the team and expected to start the game on the bench.