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Inter Miami simply blew Montréal into pieces with 7-1 victory away from their home. However, what was more stunning in the game was Lionel Messi’s impressive performances as he alone owe 4 of the 7 goals in Inter Miami’s bag.
Messi scored on a deflected free kick in the 40th minute in the yesterday’s match. He scored again in the 52nd minute, and yet another goal later.
Did he stop there? Deep into stoppage time, the Argentine great found net another time.
“That’s what it means to have Messi on the team,” Miami midfielder Casemiro told Apple TV. “We have to enjoy these moments because he is a person, a player that makes history.
“We saw today that we have to enjoy it, keep supporting and keep competing with him because he continues to be the best. He proved it in the World Cup. We have to enjoy it because, with him, we are so much stronger,” Casemiro said.
That Lionel Messi is a legendary player is not in doubt, and his yesterday’s display only proved that once again. In his decades-long impressive career, his four goals in the Inter Miami vs Montréal game would make it eight times he has scored four or more goals in a single match. His last four-goal match was the showdown between Barcelona FC and Eibar in Spain’s LaLiga in February 2020.
To have reached 20 multigoal games in the regular season – in 72 appearances – makes the 39-year-old Argentine the fastest player in MLS history. Messi leads MLS in scoring this season, with 18 goals in just 19 games, to put him two ahead of FC Dallas’ Petar Musa
The victory was Miami’s first in MLS play since July 25, having stalled in five goalless match in all competitions, including the Leagues Cup.