Legend Lionel Messi shone brightly, scoring four goals to help Inter Miami secure a crushing victory early this morning against Montreal, winning 7-1 in a Major League Soccer match.
Casemiro started Inter Miami's scoring spree today, opening the scoring for his team with a header in the 20th minute, skillfully placing the ball into Montreal's net from a corner kick.
However, in the 37th minute, Montreal managed to equalize through Fabian Herbers, who scored from a shot from outside the penalty area.
This score lasted only three minutes, as in the 40th minute, Messi gave Inter Miami the lead with a direct free kick. The Argentine international's shot hit a Montreal player and deflected into the net.
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In a brilliant manner, Messi scored his second goal and Inter Miami's third in the 52nd minute. The Argentine star dribbled past Montreal's defense inside the penalty area before shooting with his right foot into the opponent's net.
Messi assisted Inter Miami's fourth goal, which was scored by Luis Suárez in the 80th minute, who placed the ball distinctively from inside the penalty area.
Messi completed his hat-trick in the 83rd minute, skillfully chipping the ball over Montreal's goalkeeper from inside the penalty area, adding Inter Miami's fifth goal.
Alexander Shaw scored Inter Miami's sixth goal in the 89th minute with a shot from outside the penalty area, before Messi completed his team's seven-goal haul and recorded a super hat-trick in the sixth minute of stoppage time in the second half, with a direct free kick that the 39-year-old struck perfectly into Montreal's net.
With this result, Inter Miami raised their points total to 42, moving to second place in the Eastern Conference standings of the US league, while Montreal's points remained at 21, keeping them in 14th place in the Eastern Conference as well.