Lionel Messi has stolen the headlines again with a sensational goal that sealed Inter Miami’s comeback victory over Orlando in MLS matchday two on Sunday evening, MySportDab reports.
Inter Miami went into the game desperately needing a result after they opened their campaign on a disappointing note, losing 3–0 away to Los Angeles FC.
Disappointingly, they started on the back foot, struggling to tame the Florida rivals. Just 18 minutes into proceedings, Pasalic raced the Orlando City into the lead.
Six minutes after the opening goal, Ojeda doubled it to edge the hosts close to what would have been an impressive victory against the defending champions.
The two goals separated the two sides at the break, but Inter Miami roared back strongly in the second half to not only chalk off the two-goal deficit, but also cruise to victory.
Silvetti opened the scoring for the defending champions just five minutes into the restart to halve the deficit. Three minutes before the hour mark, Lionel Messi scored the visitors’ second goal to level the game.
Five minutes before time, Segovia completed the comeback, but Lionel Messi would cap off the sensational second-half performance with a stunning free-kick goal.
Standing just a few meters from the ball, Messi appeared to have perfectly read Orlando City’s wall against the free-kick.
Instead of lifting the ball above the wall, he curled a low shot through the gap between them and left the Orlando goalie helplessly sprawling to the ground as the ball went into the net [See Video Here]
He has now taken his Inter Miami MLS goal tally to 59, including 37 assists.