Video: Lionel Messi scores beautiful brace for Inter Miami vs. NYCFC to qualify for MLS -Splay -OFLS

Inter Miami visited New York City FC on Citi Field with the chance to secure a place in the Major League Soccer Play -offs of 2025. Already under control of the game, Lionel Messi delivered a brilliant brace with a stylish chip and a composed right -wing finish.

The herons were given the lead late in the first half, with Messi involved in the structure. In the 43rd minute he slid a perfectly timed by the ball in the space for Baltasar Rodríguez, who quietly hit the keeper in a one-on-one to break the impasse. Miami’s lead would later be expanded by Messi himself.

In the 74th minute, with Miami who dictates the pace, Sergio Busquets split the lines with a pinpoint long pass to Messi. One-on-one with goalkeeper Matthew Freese, the Argentinian icon lifted the ball over him to bring the score to 2-0, anything but the play-off place of Inter Miami seal.

Then, in the 82nd minute, Justin Haak Rodrigo de Paul contaminated in the box, so that referee Filip Dujic has no choice but to grant a penalty. Messi gave the ball to Luis Suárez, who marked his return with a confident attack of the place to put Miami 3-0.

Only three minutes later, Messi produced one last moment of brilliance. He grabbed the ball on the right, cut in, used Suárez’s run like a bait and shot a low shot with the right foot to the distant pole and hit the night at 4-0.

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