Lionel Messi and Inter Miami Pull Off Three-Goal Rally to Top Los Angeles FC and Make CONCACAF Champions Cup 2024슬롯사이트�25 Semifinals

Mumbai, April 10: Down 1-0 on the scoreboard, down 2-0 in total goals in the series and needing three goals to advance, Inter Miami needed a most unlikely rally. Lionel Messi made it happen. Inter Miami is headed to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals for the first time, after Messi 슬롯사이트� the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner 슬롯사이트� led a dramatic three-goal comeback. He had two goals and an assist, including the clinching penalty kick in the 84th minute, to lift Inter Miami past LAFC 3-1 on Wednesday night and a 3-2 aggregate win in the two-leg series. MLS 2024슬롯사이트�25: Lionel Messi Scores for Inter Miami in 1슬롯사이트�1 Major League Soccer Tie Against Toronto FC (Watch Goal Video Highlights).

"We gave it our all. We wanted it, we wanted to be in the semis, and I think it showed. ... Many times luck has to be on your side, and we had it."슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano said.

Maybe it was luck. Maybe it was Messi. Maybe it was both. For Messi, the series clincher was a bit reminiscent of how he led Argentina past France in the World Cup final in 2022. He scored two goals in that match, one on a penalty kick 슬롯사이트� then also converted in the penalty-shot shootout that decided the final after it ended in a 3-3 tie. Those goals came against France's Hugo Lloris, who was also in net for LAFC on Wednesday night. Lloris couldn't solve Messi in the World Cup final 슬롯사이트� and couldn't in this one, either.

Messi simply waited for Lloris to move a bit on the penalty that put Inter Miami up 3-1, essentially freezing the keeper before gently sending the ball into the right side of the net. And when the final whistle sounded, Mascherano punched the air in celebration. Lionel Messi Surpasses Gonzalo Higuain To Register Most Goal Contributions For Inter Miami, Achieves Record During MLS 2025 Match Against Toronto FC.

"They believed," Mascherano said.

Oscar Ustari made two huge stops in the final minutes for Inter Miami, who will face either the Mexican club Pumas or the Vancouver Whitecaps in the tournament's semifinals. The first leg of that two-leg matchup is set to start on either April 22, 23 or 24.

Aaron Long scored in the ninth minute to give LAFC a 1-0 lead, but it put Inter Miami in a much deeper hole than that. Inter Miami lost the series opener at LAFC 1-0, so Long's goal not only gave LAFC a 2-0 aggregate lead 슬롯사이트� but it also gave his club control of the away-goals tiebreaker.

That meant Inter Miami needed at least three goals from there to advance. It might have seemed unlikely. With Messi, all things are possible. Messi started the rally in the 35th, getting loose near the top of the 18-yard box and scoring with the left foot to tie the match at 1 슬롯사이트� giving Inter Miami some hope.

Noah Allen gave Inter Miami a 2-1 lead in the 61st 슬롯사이트� Messi getting the assist 슬롯사이트� on a bit of a fluke; he chipped a ball into the box, playing it toward Federico Redondo. Lloris came off his line, anticipating Redondo to play the ball 슬롯사이트� but it bounced off the grass, skipped past both of them and ended up in the side of the net. Nathan Ordaz Scores, Los Angeles FC Blanks Lionel Messi and Inter Miami 1슬롯사이트�0 in 1st Leg of CONCACAF Champions Cup 2024슬롯사이트�25.

That knotted the aggregate at 2-2, but LAFC still held the away-goal tiebreaker. And in the 67th, Inter Miami thought it grabbed the lead in the series when Messi played a ball into the box that Luis Suarez appeared to flick into the net on a header 슬롯사이트� but the flag came up for offside, taking the goal off the board.

Inter Miami kept the pressure on throughout, then argued successfully for a handball call that Messi turned into a 3-1 lead and a spot in the semifinals. It was his 42nd goal in 48 appearances across all competitions since joining Inter Miami.

"This is the way. This is the way to play football. ... They gave everything. I'm very happy."슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Mascherano said.

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