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FT Saturday, February 22, 2025
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Match Report

Lionel Messi (two assists), Inter Miami draw with NYCFC

Telasco Segovia scored in the 10th minute of second-half stoppage time in his MLS debut and Lionel Messi had two assists as 10-man Inter Miami salvaged a 2-2 draw against visiting New York City FC in both teams' MLS opener.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
41
Possession
59
9
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
6
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
368
Accurate Passes
558
434
Passes
629
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
4
Crosses
12
0.3
Cross %
0.3
33
Long Balls
48
17
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
10
19
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
7
21
Effective Clearances
13
21
Clearances
13

Highlights

01:08 Messi assists on late equalizing goal in stoppage time Watch on ESPN 00:18 Tomás Avilés sees red against New York City FC Watch on ESPN 00:27 Lionel Messi receives yellow card for shouting at ref after the match Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

NYC leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

MIA · 4-4-2

  1. 19Oscar UstariG
  2. 32Noah AllenCD-L
  3. 6Tomás AvilésCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 57Marcelo WeigandtRB
  6. 41David RuizCM-L
  7. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-R
  8. 7Fafà PicaultLM
  9. 30Benjamin CremaschiRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

NYC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 49Matt FreeseG
  2. 5Birk RisaCD-L
  3. 19Strahinja TanasijevicCD-R
  4. 22Kevin O'TooleLB
  5. 35Mitja IlenicRB
  6. 10Maxi MorálezAM
  7. 80Justin HaakLM
  8. 55Keaton ParksRM
  9. 16Alonso MartínezF
  10. 26Agustin OjedaAM-L
  11. 17Hannes WolfAM-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, New York City FC 0. Tomás Avilés (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a corner.
  2. 10' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Robert Taylor replaces Fafà Picault because of an injury.
  3. 23' Tomás Avilés (Inter Miami CF) is shown the red card.
  4. 24' Jordi Alba (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 26' Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, New York City FC 1. Mitja Ilenic (New York City FC) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Maxi Moralez following a set piece situation.
  6. 27' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Ian Fray replaces David Ruíz.
  7. 41' Benjamín Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 45'+1' Strahinja Tanasijevic (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 45' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Federico Redondo replaces Marcelo Weigandt.
  10. 45' Substitution, New York City FC. Jonathan Shore replaces Strahinja Tanasijevic.
  11. 55' Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, New York City FC 2. Alonso Martínez (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  12. 59' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Telasco Segovia replaces Luis Suárez.
  13. 59' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Gonzalo Luján replaces Benjamín Cremaschi.
  14. 69' Substitution, New York City FC. Nico Cavallo replaces Kevin O'Toole.
  15. 69' Substitution, New York City FC. Julián Fernández replaces Agustín Ojeda.
  16. 78' Substitution, New York City FC. Andrés Perea replaces Maxi Moralez.
  17. 90' Substitution, New York City FC. Mounsef Bakrar replaces Alonso Martínez.
  18. 90'+4' Matt Freese (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+10' Goal! Inter Miami CF 2, New York City FC 2. Telasco Segovia (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball.
  20. 90'+15' Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.

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