Messi avenges League Cup loss, Inter Miami returns to MLS championship race

On the morning of September 17 (Vietnam time), Messi helped Inter Miami defeat Seattle Sounders FC with a score of 3-1, avenging the loss in the Leagues Cup final, to return to the MLS championship race.

Messi opened fire with 1 goal and 1 assist

After two consecutive scoreless matches, including a 0-3 loss to Seattle Sounders FC on September 1 in the League Cup final and a 0-3 loss to Charlotte FC on September 14 in MLS (American professional soccer league), Messi opened fire again when he contributed 1 goal and 1 assist, helping Inter Miami take spectacular revenge on Seattle Sounders FC with a score of 3-1 at home.

Messi once again proves his class to help Inter Miami revive - Photo: Reuters

This is a very important victory to help Inter Miami regain confidence and aim to win all 7 remaining matches in MLS (until October 19), hoping to regain the opportunity to win the Supporters' Shield. Besides that, it is also officially qualified for the MLS Cup.

Messi and his teammates are under a lot of pressure after their recent poor results, in the context of striker Suarez being suspended. The rematch with a strong opponent like Seattle Sounders FC has become the target for them to regain confidence. In that context, Messi once again proved his class.

Messi helped Inter Miami break the deadlock early with a pass to Jordi Alba to open the scoring 1-0 in the 12th minute. The duo from their time at Barcelona once again showed their past image, continuing to coordinate well, this time Jordi Alba was the one to assist Messi to score to make it 2-0.

Leading by a safe margin, in the second half Inter Miami players played comfortably to continue increasing the gap to 3-0 thanks to Ian Fray's header from De Paul's corner kick in the 52nd minute.

This result helped Messi and his teammates secure a successful revenge against their opponents. Seattle Sounders FC only scored a consolation goal to reduce the score to 1-3 by Obed Vargas in the 69th minute and could do nothing more.

The win helped Inter Miami climb back up to the top 5 of the MLS Eastern Conference standings with 49 points after 27 games. They still have 3 games less than their opponents, and are only 8 points behind the leader of the entire MLS (30 clubs), Philadelphia Union. Therefore, the chance to win the Supporters' Shield is still in the hands of Messi and his teammates, if they regain their good form and win their remaining matches.

In the next match, Messi and his teammates at Inter Miami will continue to play at home against DC United (the team ranked second to last in the rankings) at 6:30 on September 21. If they continue to win, they will officially put a lot of pressure on the leading group of MLS.

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