Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez have continued their heroics for Inter Miami in the MLS, MySportDab reports.
The duo’s stormy raid of the US elite division reached new levels with a scintillating performance against New England at the Chase Stadium on Saturday, October 19, 2024.
The eight-goal thriller clash saw Messi and Suarez score five goals as Inter Miami roared to a thumping victory.
New England poked the beehive when Angoni scored just two minutes into the game to give the away side the lead against the run of play.
Four minutes after the half-hour, Borrero doubled the lead for the team and etched them close to what would have been a shock victory before the hosts roared back into the game.
Six minutes after Borrero netted New England’s second goal, Luis Suarez scored Inter Miami’s first goal to halve the deficit.
Three minutes later the former Uruguay international chalked off the visitors’ narrow lead, scoring Inter Miami’s second to peg them to a 2-2 draw and pave the way to a comeback.
The game ended 2-2 at the break with Inter Miami looking set to complete the comeback in the last 45.
Thirteen minutes into the second half, Cremaschi completed the fairy tale comeback for the hosts, scoring to make it 3-2 but that was not all.
Eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi rounded up the game with a dramatic late hat-trick to seal the victory.
The Argentine iconic footballer scored in the 78th minute to make it 4-2, scored again three minutes later to extend the lead further, and netted again a minute before regulation time to make it 6-2.
The quickfire hat-trick saw Messi score two consecutive hat-tricks in five days. He has now scored 20 goals with 10 assists in 19 MLS matches for Inter Miami this season.
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