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FT Saturday, April 20, 2024
Nashville SC LWLDL 1
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Inter Miami CF DLDLW 3
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NSH101
MIA213
Chase Stadium · 21,550 att.

Match Report

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Messi scores 2, assists Busquets goal as Miami beats Nashville

Lionel Messi continued his red-hot start to the season, scoring twice and laying on an assist for Sergio Busquets as Inter Miami came from behind to beat Nashville SC 3-1.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
4
47.5
Possession
52.5
13
SHOTS
10
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
336
Accurate Passes
393
413
Passes
478
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
2
31
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
53
31
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
11
Effective Tackles
16
19
Tackles
20
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
15
Interceptions
8
5
Effective Clearances
26
5
Clearances
26

Highlights

00:37 Messi makes it 3-1 Inter Miami from the penalty spot Watch on ESPN 00:43 Messi equalizes from close range for Inter Miami Watch on ESPN 00:28 Busquets heads home Messi's corner for an Inter Miami lead Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MIA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MIA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Drake CallenderG
  2. 21Nicolás FreireCD-L
  3. 6Tomás AvilésCD-R
  4. 33Franco NegriLB
  5. 57Marcelo WeigandtRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM
  7. 41David RuizLM
  8. 24Julian GresselRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 20Diego GómezLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

NSH · 3-5-2

  1. 30Elliot PaniccoG
  2. 3Lukas MacNaughtonCD
  3. 2Daniel LovitzCD-L
  4. 22Josh BauerCD-R
  5. 54Sean DavisCM-L
  6. 16Dru YearwoodCM-R
  7. 20Aníbal GodoyAM
  8. 14Jacob ShaffelburgLM
  9. 19Alex MuylRM
  10. 9Sam SurridgeCF-L
  11. 10Hany MukhtarCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Own Goal by Franco Negri, Inter Miami CF. Inter Miami CF 0, Nashville SC 1.
  2. 11' Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, Nashville SC 1. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
  3. 27' David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 39' Goal! Inter Miami CF 2, Nashville SC 1. Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a corner.
  5. 40' Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 41' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Leo Afonso replaces Diego Gómez because of an injury.
  7. 45' Substitution, Nashville SC. Joe Willis replaces Elliot Panicco.
  8. 50' Lukas MacNaughton (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 51' Substitution, Nashville SC. Jack Maher replaces Lukas MacNaughton because of an injury.
  10. 74' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Yannick Bright replaces Julian Gressel.
  11. 74' Substitution, Nashville SC. Amar Sejdic replaces Dru Yearwood.
  12. 74' Substitution, Nashville SC. Brian Anunga replaces Sean Davis.
  13. 81' Goal! Inter Miami CF 3, Nashville SC 1. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  14. 85' Substitution, Nashville SC. Randall Leal replaces Aníbal Godoy.
  15. 88' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Benjamín Cremaschi replaces Luis Suárez.

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