Two free kicks, a chip, and a night that would not end
The last one arrived deep into stoppage time. A free kick, bent over the wall and into the top corner, when the game had long since stopped being a contest.
Lionel Messi scored four against Montreal on Saturday night. Inter Miami won 7-1, and he added an assist on top. The opener was also a free kick, in the first half. Number two landed within moments of the restart. The third was a chip, clipped with the outside of the boot.
Five games without a win in all competitions for Miami before this. That run is over.
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Six and a half years since the last one
Messi is 39 years old. This was the eighth four-goal haul of his career, and the previous one dates to February 2020, in a Barcelona shirt.
Everything that has happened since sits inside that gap. PSG. A World Cup with Argentina in 2022. The move to Florida.
The number that matters most right now: 18 goals in 19 matches this season, which puts him top of the MLS scoring charts.
A record nobody has reached this quickly
Saturday also made Messi the fastest player in MLS history to record 20 games with two or more goals.
Casemiro put it plainly afterwards: “That is what it means to have Messi in the team. He is still the best”.
Montreal fly home with seven conceded and a long week ahead.
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