MLS

Columbus Crew vs Inter Miami CF, 2024 MLS, Regular Season

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Columbus Crew
  • 46': Diego Rossi
  • 61': Cucho Hernández (P)
  • Red Card 63': Rudy Camacho
FT
2 - 3
Inter Miami CF
  • 45': Lionel Messi
  • 45'+5': Lionel Messi
  • 48': Luis Suárez

Lionel Messi nets pair as Miami clinches Supporters' Shield

Lionel Messi scored twice and Drake Callender made a late penalty-kick save when Inter Miami held on for a 3-2 victory over the host Columbus Crew to clinch the Supporters' Shield in a battle of heavyweights on Wednesday.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Diego Gómez.
  • 3': Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 3': Foul by Yannick Bright (Inter Miami CF).
  • 8': Offside, Columbus Crew. Cucho Hernández is caught offside.
  • 9': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ian Fray.
  • 14': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Jordi Alba is caught offside.
  • 15': Offside, Columbus Crew. Mohamed Farsi is caught offside.
  • 16': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF).
  • 20': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
  • 20': Ian Fray (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 21': Foul by Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
  • 21': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Rudy Camacho.
  • 24': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Rudy Camacho.
  • 24': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Marcelo Weigandt is caught offside.
  • 26': Foul by Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew).
  • 26': Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew).
  • 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 35': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 35': Foul by Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF).
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Malte Amundsen.
  • 37': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Diego Gómez is caught offside.
  • 37': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF).
  • 38': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF).
  • 38': Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ian Fray.
  • 44': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
  • 45': Goal! Columbus Crew 0, Inter Miami CF 1. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordi Alba.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+4': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
  • 45'+4': Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+5': Goal! Columbus Crew 0, Inter Miami CF 2. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+6': Offside, Columbus Crew. Cucho Hernández is caught offside.
  • 45'+7': First Half ends, Columbus Crew 0, Inter Miami CF 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Columbus Crew 0, Inter Miami CF 2.
  • 46': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, Inter Miami CF 2. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Farsi.
  • 48': Goal! Columbus Crew 1, Inter Miami CF 3. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  • 49': Christian Ramirez (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 49': Foul by Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF).
  • 49': Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 52': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Alexandru Matan.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) header from very close range is blocked.
  • 53': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Rudy Camacho.
  • 54': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Max Arfsten.
  • 59': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
  • 59': Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 60': Penalty conceded by Noah Allen (Inter Miami CF) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 61': Goal! Columbus Crew 2, Inter Miami CF 3. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 63': Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 63': Foul by Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew).
  • 63': Second yellow card to Rudy Camacho (Columbus Crew) for a bad foul.
  • 68': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 68': Foul by Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF).
  • 69': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. David Ruíz replaces Federico Redondo.
  • 72': Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 72': Foul by Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF).
  • 74': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Jacen Russell-Rowe replaces Christian Ramirez.
  • 74': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Dylan Chambost replaces Darlington Nagbe.
  • 74': Substitution, Columbus Crew. DeJuan Jones replaces Max Arfsten.
  • 76': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Sergii Kryvtsov replaces Marcelo Weigandt.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jacen Russell-Rowe.
  • 77': David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Foul by DeJuan Jones (Columbus Crew).
  • 80': Penalty conceded by Ian Fray (Inter Miami CF) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 81': VAR Decision: Penalty Columbus Crew.
  • 84': Penalty saved. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 84': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Sergii Kryvtsov.
  • 85': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Andrés Herrera replaces Mohamed Farsi.
  • 87': (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 87': Yannick Bright (Inter Miami CF).
  • 87': Yannick Bright (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
  • 87': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Matías Rojas replaces Diego Gómez.
  • 90': David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Foul by Alexandru Matan (Columbus Crew).
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 10 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Cucho Hernández (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by DeJuan Jones.
  • 90'+5': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Sergii Kryvtsov.
  • 90'+6': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Aziel Jackson replaces Alexandru Matan.
  • 90'+9': Attempt saved. Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aziel Jackson.
  • 90'+10': Attempt blocked. David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  • 90'+10': Second Half ends, Columbus Crew 2, Inter Miami CF 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Columbus Crew 2, Inter Miami CF 3.

Statistics

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11 Fouls 8
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 1
3 Offsides 3
5 Corner Kicks 4
4 Saves 1
52.8 Possession 47.2
6 SHOTS 9
4 ON GOAL 6
0.7 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 2
447 Accurate Passes 401
526 Passes 460
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 0
5 Crosses 15
0.0 Cross % 0.0
48 Long Balls 47
20 Accurate Long Balls 28
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 1
12 Effective Tackles 8
20 Tackles 17
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
10 Interceptions 12
10 Effective Clearances 8
10 Clearances 8

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Lower.com Field
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 20,815

MLS Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Philadelphia Union 34 +22 66
2 FC Cincinnati 34 +12 65
3 Inter Miami CF 34 +26 65
4 Charlotte FC 34 +9 59
Full Table

Line-Ups

CLB Columbus Crew (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
28 Patrick Schulte (GK)
4 Rudy Camacho Yellow Card
18 Malte Amundsen
31 Steven Moreira
6 Darlington Nagbe
20 Alexandru Matan
27 Max Arfsten
23 Mohamed Farsi
9 Cucho Hernández
10 Diego Rossi
17 Christian Ramírez
Columbus Crew Substitutes:
Andrés Herrera, Yevhen Cheberko, Nicholas Hagen, Derrick Jones, Aziel Jackson, Jacen Russell-Rowe, Dylan Chambost, DeJuan Jones, Yaw Yeboah.

MIA Inter Miami CF (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Drake Callender (GK)
32 Noah Allen
17 Ian Fray
18 Jordi Alba
57 Marcelo Weigandt Yellow Card
5 Sergio Busquets
55 Federico Redondo Yellow Card
42 Yannick Bright Yellow Card
9 Luis Suárez
20 Diego Gómez
10 Lionel Messi
Inter Miami CF Substitutes:
Leonardo Campana, Franco Negri, David Ruiz, Robert Taylor, Matías Rojas, Julian Gressel, Oscar Ustari, Benjamin Cremaschi, Serhiy Kryvtsov.

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