{"id":10587,"date":"2024-04-22T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=10587"},"modified":"2024-04-22T11:06:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T11:06:28","slug":"messis-brace-secures-inter-miamis-lead-in-mls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=10587","title":{"rendered":"Messi\u2019s brace secures Inter Miami\u2019s lead in MLS."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Messis-double-strike-keeps-Inter-Miami-on-top-in-MLS-742x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Messis-double-strike-keeps-Inter-Miami-on-top-in-MLS-742x375-1.jpg 742w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Messis-double-strike-keeps-Inter-Miami-on-top-in-MLS-742x375-1-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>USA :&nbsp; Lionel Messi scored twice and set up another for Sergio Busquets as Inter Miami beat Nashville 3-1 to move to the top of Major League Soccer\u2019s Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defender Franco Negri gave Miami early trouble when he headed Daniel Lowitz\u2019s corner into his own net in the second minute of the game at Chase Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gerardo Martino\u2019s side have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 11 games and it could have been worse when Josh Bauer fired home three minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Messi soon leveled Miami \u2013 a smart shot from Diego Gomez saw Argentina cleared by Nashville goalkeeper Elliott Panicco, but after Luis Suarez headed the loose ball home, Messi headed home 1-. 1 in the 11th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two minutes later, Messi took advantage of Nashville\u2019s play, but his right-footed shot went off the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Miami could create was a Messi shot shortly before Panicco whipped in a cross for Gomez\u2019s header to be saved by his feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six minutes before the break, Messi\u2019s former Barcelona teammate Busquets found the back of the net for the first time in MLS, meeting the World Cup winner\u2019s corner at the near post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a blow for the home side before the break, when Paraguayan international Gomez suffered an ankle injury, the latest in a string of injuries for Miami.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was replaced by the young Brazilian Leonardo Afonso, but his effort was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nashville came out strong after the break, but despite dominating 20 minutes of the half, they had little to show for their efforts apart from German Hany Mukhtar\u2019s effort from long range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA :&nbsp; 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