Messi shines on his return, scoring a spectacular double to help Inter Miami win

Coach Tata Martino surprised everyone by placing Messi, who had just returned to play, in the starting lineup alongside Suarez and Diego Gomez in attack. However, the presence of this 37-year-old player made Inter Miami play quite poorly in the first 25 minutes of the match, due to tactical changes after such a long time of absence.

Messi's spectacular return

Inter Miami also fell behind in the second minute after a defensive error and a loss of concentration. Mikkel Uhre opened the scoring for Philadelphia Union with a powerful shot from outside the box.

Conceding an early goal and Messi not yet finding his rhythm, Inter Miami struggled to find the solution they usually showed before. Luckily, this did not take long.

Messi showed his class that cannot be lost. He quickly regained his feeling, coordinating with teammates like Jordi Alba, Suarez and Diego Gomez to gradually regain the game for Inter Miami.

In the 26th and 30th minutes, Messi quickly made his mark with a spectacular double goal, helping Inter Miami quickly turn the situation around. It was still the same combination play between Messi, Suarez and Jordi Alba, and then these two close friends were the ones who created opportunities for the 37-year-old player to score with sharp shots.

Fans see Messi's usual celebration style again

In the 1-1 equalizer, Messi received a pass from Suarez, used his left foot to turn the ball past a Philadelphia Union defender, before shooting with his right foot, where his injured ankle was swollen from the Copa America final, sending the ball deep into the far corner to score.

The goal to make it 2-1 came after a smooth attack from Suarez before Jordi Alba crossed the ball for Messi to finish very quickly and neatly in the penalty area.

These goals, along with Messi's genuine return, helped Inter Miami completely control the game. At the end of the first half, Messi had an assist for Suarez to score, but the goal was disallowed because Messi was offside when receiving the ball before passing to Suarez.

In the second half, Inter Miami played more slowly. Messi was still kept on the field by coach Tata Martino until the end of the match, while young star Diego Gomez was taken off and replaced by Benjamin Cremaschi.

Inter Miami marches towards MLS championships

Under Messi's leadership, Inter Miami created several more chances to increase the score, but failed. It was not until the extra minutes that Messi rewarded Suarez with a beautiful assist for the Uruguayan player to score the winning goal for Inter Miami with a score of 3-1.

The win helped Inter Miami extend their recent record of consecutive wins to 5 matches. Thereby, they firmly established their position at the top of the MLS table with 62 points after 28 matches, 10 points ahead of the teams behind them, FC Cincinnati and LA Galaxy. This gap helps Inter Miami firmly hold 2 championship titles when the MLS scoring round ends (October 20), including the Eastern Conference championship and the Supporters' Shield.

Meanwhile, Messi, despite being absent from Inter Miami for 3 months, has only returned to play in his 13th match of the season, but his double has helped him score 14 goals and move up to the top 5 in the list of top scorers. The leading player is Christian Benteke of DC United with 18 goals, while Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) and Suarez scored 17 goals and Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC) scored 16 goals.

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