Messi's penalty kick saved as Inter Miami falls 4-1 to Nashville SC in Eastern Conference clash
- On Saturday, August 15, 2026, Nashville SC defeated Inter Miami 4-1 in a match between the MLS Eastern Conference's top two teams, maintaining Nashville's position atop the league standings.
- Lionel Messi started for Inter Miami in his first game since the death of his father, Jorge, on August 8, though Nashville goalkeeper Brian Schwake saved his 23rd-minute penalty kick.
- Andy Najar scored his first goal of the season in the 16th minute, followed by Telasco Segovia in the 48th minute, while Sam Surridge netted his team-leading 12th goal and Hany Mukhtar added two scores.
- Miami goalkeeper Rocco Rios-Novo misread a goal kick from Schwake in the 62nd minute, allowing Mukhtar to extend Nashville's lead to 4-1; the result marks just Nashville's second win over Inter Miami since Messi joined.
- Inter Miami travels to face the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday, while Nashville travels to Red Bull New York on the same day as both teams prepare for their next league fixtures.
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One day for oblivion. Lionel Messi, a world football cracker, had his worst day since his arrival at Inter Miami, only a week after burying his spread father. And it is that the Argentine, who decided to return quickly to American soil after the funeral service, looked affected and disconnected during the lawsuit against ... Continue reading "Messi lived his worst day in the MLS: he lost a prison, he was almost expelled and he was beaten" The po…
The rosary could not score from the twelve steps in the 4-1 score that Inter Miami suffered against Nashville. The previous two had been with the Argentina Team against Austria and Egypt in the World Cup.
Lionel Messi returned to the football field for the second time since the recent death of his father Jorge, where he suffered his team's second consecutive defeat. Inter Miami's players fell in the derby of the round on the road to leaders Nashville, who were better 4:1 at home. The match was marked by a big mistake by Miami goalkeeper Rocco Rios Nova and Messi's third consecutive missed penalty.
Lionel Messi goes through a rare period and has lived an evening to forget in front of Nashville. Battu 4-1 with the Inter Miami, the Argentine genius missed his third consecutive penalty before losing his nerves against...
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