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FT Saturday, March 29, 2025
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Match Report

Lionel Messi scores in return as Inter Miami edge Union

Lionel Messi scored his second goal of the season only two minutes after his entrance as a second-half substitute, and Inter Miami held on for a 2-1 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Union on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
22
2
Yellow Cards
6
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
5
47.5
Possession
52.5
19
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
295
Accurate Passes
342
381
Passes
432
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
2
20
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.3
47
Long Balls
59
25
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
12
Interceptions
9
14
Effective Clearances
19
14
Clearances
19

Highlights

01:28 Lionel Messi subs in and quickly scores for Inter Miami Watch on ESPN 01:03 Robert Taylor finds the back of the net for Inter Miami CF Watch on ESPN 00:57 Dániel Gazdag gets on the scoresheet for Philadelphia Union Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MIA leads series 4-1

Lineups

MIA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 19Oscar UstariG
  2. 37Maximiliano FalcónCD-L
  3. 6Tomás AvilésCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 17Ian FrayRB
  6. 30Benjamin CremaschiAM
  7. 55Federico RedondoLM
  8. 5Sergio BusquetsRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 7Fafà PicaultAM-L
  11. 16Robert TaylorAM-R

PHI · 4-3-3

  1. 18Andre BlakeG
  2. 2Ivan GlavinovichCD-L
  3. 5Jakob GlesnesCD-R
  4. 39Frankie WestfieldLB
  5. 26Nathan HarrielRB
  6. 4Jovan LukicCM
  7. 21Danley Jean JacquesLM
  8. 33Quinn SullivanRM
  9. 7Mikkel UhreF
  10. 10Dániel GazdagLF
  11. 9Tai BariboRF

Timeline

  1. 21' Benjamín Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 23' Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, Philadelphia Union 0. Robert Taylor (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamín Cremaschi following a fast break.
  3. 45' Tai Baribo (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Indiana Vassilev replaces Jovan Lukic.
  5. 55' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Lionel Messi replaces Robert Taylor.
  6. 57' Goal! Inter Miami CF 2, Philadelphia Union 0. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez following a fast break.
  7. 59' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Bruno Damiani replaces Mikael Uhre.
  8. 70' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Telasco Segovia replaces Benjamín Cremaschi.
  9. 70' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Yannick Bright replaces Federico Redondo.
  10. 75' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Jesús Bueno replaces Danley Jean Jacques.
  11. 75' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Chris Donovan replaces Tai Baribo.
  12. 76' Yannick Bright (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 79' Maximiliano Falcón (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 80' Goal! Inter Miami CF 2, Philadelphia Union 1. Dániel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Quinn Sullivan with a cross.
  15. 86' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Drake Callender replaces Óscar Ustari because of an injury.
  16. 87' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Noah Allen replaces Fafà Picault.
  17. 88' Jakob Glesnes (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+2' Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  19. 90'+2' Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Olwethu Makhanya replaces Frankie Westfield.
  20. 90'+4' Jordi Alba (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
  21. 90'+5' Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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