Leagues Cup

FT Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Inter Miami CF WWWWW 4
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Philadelphia Union WWWWW 1
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MIA314
PHI011
Subaru Park · 19,778 att.

Match Report

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Messi scores in 6th straight to put Inter Miami into Leagues Cup final

Six games, nine goals, one finals appearance. Lionel Messi continued to amaze on Tuesday night in Inter Miami CF's 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Union in the semifinals of the Leagues Cup at Subaru Park.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
0
53.2
Possession
46.8
5
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
4
0.8
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
3
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Highlights

00:42 Jordi Alba gets his first goal with Inter Miami Watch on ESPN 00:33 Josef Martinez opens the scoring early for Inter Miami Watch on ESPN 00:32 Messi gets in face of Union's Martinez Watch on ESPN 01:24 Why Messi is making MLS and Liga MX look bad Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

PHI leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

PHI · 3-4-2-1

  1. 18Andre BlakeG
  2. 3Jack ElliottCD
  3. 17Damion LoweCD-L
  4. 5Jakob GlesnesCD-R
  5. 31Leon FlachCM-L
  6. 8José Andrés MartínezCM-R
  7. 27Kai WagnerLM
  8. 26Nathan HarrielRM
  9. 25Chris DonovanF
  10. 10Dániel GazdagCF-L
  11. 20Jesús BuenoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Mikkel UhreSUB
  2. 33Quinn SullivanSUB
  3. 2Matthew RealSUB
  4. 29Olwethu MakhanyaSUB
  5. 9Julián CarranzaSUB
  6. 11Alejandro BedoyaSUB
  7. 13Holden TrentSUB
  8. 14Jeremy RafanelloSUB
  9. 19Joaquín TorresSUB
  10. 12Joe BendikSUB
  11. 16Jack McGlynnSUB
  12. 15Olivier MbaizoSUB

MIA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Drake CallenderG
  2. 31Kamal MillerCD-L
  3. 27Serhiy KryvtsovCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 2DeAndre YedlinRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 30Benjamin CremaschiLM
  8. 3Dixon ArroyoRM
  9. 17Josef MartínezF
  10. 16Robert TaylorLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 32Noah AllenSUB
  2. 8Diego GómezSUB
  3. 11Facundo FaríasSUB
  4. 20Harvey NevilleSUB
  5. 9Leonardo CampanaSUB
  6. 41David RuizSUB
  7. 13Victor UlloaSUB
  8. 15Ryan SailorSUB
  9. 99Cole JensenSUB
  10. 19Robbie RobinsonSUB
  11. 29CJ dos SantosSUB
  12. 4Christopher McVeySUB

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Philadelphia Union 0, Inter Miami CF 1. Josef Martínez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sergii Kryvtsov with a through ball.
  2. 20' Goal! Philadelphia Union 0, Inter Miami CF 2. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from more than 35 yards to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josef Martínez.
  3. 20' Damion Lowe (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 25' Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+3' Goal! Philadelphia Union 0, Inter Miami CF 3. Jordi Alba (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robert Taylor with a through ball.
  6. 45' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Jack McGlynn replaces Leon Flach.
  7. 45' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Mikael Uhre replaces Damion Lowe.
  8. 60' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Diego Gómez replaces Robert Taylor.
  9. 61' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Leonardo Campana replaces Josef Martínez.
  10. 62' DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 69' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Quinn Sullivan replaces Chris Donovan.
  12. 69' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Alejandro Bedoya replaces Jesús Bueno.
  13. 73' Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, Inter Miami CF 3. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  14. 74' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. David Ruíz replaces Benjamin Cremaschi.
  15. 84' Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, Inter Miami CF 4. David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin with a through ball.
  16. 87' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Christopher McVey replaces Dixon Arroyo.
  17. 87' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Noah Allen replaces Jordi Alba.
  18. 87' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Joaquín Torres replaces Dániel Gazdag.

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