Two goals Lionel MessiEven after a bit of controversy, he sent Inter Miami to the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup after beating LAFC 3-1 (3-2 together). After granting early, Inter Miami fell 2-0 together, but turned it around. Moments after putting a free kick at the bottom of the network just to see the referee reject the goal, the legend of Argentina scored an absolute goal against Hugo LlorisThe goalkeeper passed two in the 2022 World Cup final.
Noah Allen scored in the second half before a late penalty gave Inter Miami the opportunity to take the front in the tie, and Messi took it clinically in what was an epic return.
This is what you should know:
The controversial moment
Messi took a free kick in the first half, and just when Lloris was placing his wall, the referee moved away from the area of the piece, with Messi curving the ball to the farthest side of the goal. Lloris was not ready, but Messi was, but the referee did not seem to fly a whistle to point to Messi to move forward. However, the referee pointed to the center of the field after the shot, pointing a goal. He would change his mind about a minute later, making Messi rebuild the free kick, and hit the wall.
Here is the controversial moment:
That is difficult. I can see both sides of this: Messi, which seems to stay with Inter MiamiHe saw that the referee would move away and assumed that he was ready to leave, and the referee was fine, since he initially gave the goal. Lloris was preparing his wall and, as always, he was waiting for a whistle to resume.
Messi’s goal
Below 1-0 in this game and 2-0 together, Messi managed to recover his team completely in the draw moments after the controversial played with this goal on the upper side of the goal in the 35th minute:
Messi’s goal at closing
In the end, Inter Miami obtained the two goals they needed in the second half to endure, the decisive factor was a penalty of Messi after a handball in the box, since Messi ended calmly on the right side of the goal.
Messi turned two penalty kicks against Lloris in the World Cup final, one in regulation and another in the shooting. Here is your effort:
The goalkeeper Oscar Ustari arrived very late for the brotherhoods to remain, and now the Inter Miami will face the winner of the Whitecaps and Pumas de Vancouver in the semifinals, potentially becoming 180 minutes of the largest game of American football.