Inter Miami empty a Orlando City 5-0 in the MLSwith two goals from Lionel Messi. The fourth, with his chest, had a particular definition from the Argentine, who ended up smiling when completing the play and hugging his teammates. A while later he would repeat in his head.
On the night when Luis Suarez scored his first goals with the pink shirt, Messi did not want to miss his scoring contribution to the cause of the pink team, which wants to fight high in the Eastern Conference of the American league.
Lucho had started the goal festival with a double true to his style, precise definition from the right and left cross for the 2-0 that opened the account. Then he added Robert Taylorthe Finnish that is always there when you look for it.
But Messi was missing, and Leo scored the fourth with a very particular definition, after an incredible carom in the Orlando City area. He did it with his chest, when the play called for a header, and he almost got in with the ball and everything.
It all started with a run by Jordi Alba, from the left, who threw a wall with Suárez and was hand in hand with the Peruvian Pedro Gallese, goalkeeper of the purple team. The Spaniard hit it and there appeared the Swede Robin Jansson, who cleared it off the line with a shot into the air that burst the crossbar.
In his eagerness to save his goal, the blonde Jansson ended up colliding with everything against the net, causing the goal to swing and threaten to fall. And there it was Messi’s turn to play.
With the ball in the air and the chance to push it head first, number 10 feinted and lowered it chest-first. From there he just had to wait for her to get in on her own, preventing Orlando’s two defenders from being able to take her out.
The play was curious, so much so that Messi ended up celebrating with knowing smiles alongside Alba, Suárez and the rest of his partners in the team led by Tata Martino.
A while later, Luis Suárez dressed as an assistant and put a cross in the head of Messi, who crossed it like a specialist to poor Gallese’s far post.
Messi looked for the third personal but had no clear chances, except for a free kick at the end of the game that went very wide and a corner kick in which he once again tried Olympic, Leo’s “last obsession”, as Clarín described a few months ago.
It was triumph and joy for Inter Miami, which remains undefeated with 7 points out of a possible 9, seeking to stay in the top fight to be MLS champion for the first time in its young history.