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FT Sunday, April 6, 2025
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Match Report

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Lionel Messi scores, but Miami held to draw with Toronto

Lionel Messi scored for the third time in four Major League Soccer games this season, helping Inter Miami CF get a 1-1 tie with Toronto FC on Sunday night.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
2
33.2
Possession
66.8
12
SHOTS
23
3
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
258
Accurate Passes
575
315
Passes
634
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
3
7
Crosses
15
0.4
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
41
19
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
3
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
12
20
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
6
23
Effective Clearances
8
23
Clearances
8

Highlights

00:35 Messi's sweet strike brings Inter Miami level Watch on ESPN 00:38 Bernardeschi opens the scoring for Toronto FC Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MIA leads series 4-1

Lineups

MIA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Drake CallenderG
  2. 2Gonzalo LujánCD-L
  3. 6Tomás AvilésCD-R
  4. 18Jordi AlbaLB
  5. 17Ian FrayRB
  6. 5Sergio BusquetsCM-L
  7. 55Federico RedondoCM-R
  8. 8Telasco SegoviaLM
  9. 16Robert TaylorRM
  10. 9Luis SuárezCF-L
  11. 10Lionel MessiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Noah AllenSUB
  2. 34Rocco Ríos NovoSUB
  3. 57Marcelo WeigandtSUB
  4. 81Santiago MoralesSUB
  5. 7Fafà PicaultSUB
  6. 29Allen ObandoSUB
  7. 37Maximiliano FalcónSUB
  8. 42Yannick BrightSUB
  9. 30Benjamin CremaschiSUB

TOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Sean JohnsonG
  2. 15Nickseon GomisCD-L
  3. 17Sigurd RostedCD-R
  4. 28Raoul PetrettaLB
  5. 6Kosi ThompsonRB
  6. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM
  7. 21Jonathan OsorioLM
  8. 20Deybi FloresRM
  9. 9Ola BrynhildsenF
  10. 7Theo CorbeanuAM-L
  11. 10Federico BernardeschiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Kobe FranklinSUB
  2. 5Kevin LongSUB
  3. 76Lazar StefanovicSUB
  4. 90Luka GavranSUB
  5. 8Matthew LongstaffSUB
  6. 14Alonso CoelloSUB
  7. 11Derrick Etienne Jr.SUB
  8. 71Markus CimermancicSUB
  9. 23Maxime DominguezSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Kosi Thompson (Toronto FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45'+1' Telasco Segovia (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45'+2' Goal! Inter Miami CF 0, Toronto FC 1. Federico Bernardeschi (Toronto FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  4. 45'+5' Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, Toronto FC 1. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Telasco Segovia.
  5. 45' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Marcelo Weigandt replaces Ian Fray.
  6. 45' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Fafà Picault replaces Robert Taylor.
  7. 69' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Allen Obando replaces Luis Suárez.
  8. 73' Substitution, Toronto FC. Alonso Coello replaces Deybi Flores.
  9. 73' Substitution, Toronto FC. Maxime Dominguez replaces Theo Corbeanu.
  10. 73' Substitution, Toronto FC. Derrick Etienne replaces Ola Brynhildsen because of an injury.
  11. 78' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Yannick Bright replaces Federico Redondo.
  12. 78' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Santiago Morales replaces Telasco Segovia.
  13. 78' Substitution, Toronto FC. Kobe Franklin replaces Kosi Thompson because of an injury.

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