US EditionInter Miami Rallies to Beat Necaxa on Penalty Kicks in Leagues Cup After Messi Exits with Injury
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, AUG 3 – Inter Miami won the Leagues Cup shootout after scoring all five penalties; Lionel Messi left early due to a hamstring injury, and Jordi Alba scored a stoppage-time equalizer.
- On Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale, Inter Miami rallied to beat Necaxa in the Leagues Cup, winning with Luis Suárez's game-winning penalty into the top left corner.
- In the eighth minute, Lionel Messi suffered a hamstring injury, prompting trainers to treat his right upper thigh before he was substituted in the 11th minute.
- With time winding down, Jordi Alba headed the equalizer in second-minute stoppage time to force a shootout after Necaxa's Telasco Segovia opened the scoring and Badaloni tied it in the 33rd minute.
- In the penalty shootout, Rocco Ríos Novo denied Tomás Badaloni after Necaxa's Badaloni and Ricardo Monreal scored for Necaxa shortly after Messi’s injury exit.
- It marked Segovia's second goal of the tournament, while Rodrigo De Paul recorded two assists in just his second match with the club.
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Inter Miami 2–2 Necaxa, Leagues Cup 2025: Herons Secure Win on Penalties, Lionel Messi Suffers Hamstring Injury | ⚽ LatestLY
Javier Mascherano and his team were reduced to 10 men quite early into the contest, but found a way to bounce back with Jordi Alba netting a late goal. Inter Miami, however, would sweat on Lionel Messi's hamstring injury which forced the Argentina star to be subbed out as early as in the 10th minute of the contest. ⚽ Inter Miami 2–2 Necaxa, Leagues Cup 2025: Herons Secure Win on Penalties, Lionel Messi Suffers Hamstring Injury.
Lionel Messi barely played ten minutes for an injury, but the Necaxa ended up tied up with Inter Miami 2-2 and yielding two points in 5-4 prisons.
Redacción Deportes (USA), 2 Aug (EFE).- Without Lionel Messi for injury from the 11th minute, Inter Miami again resorted this Saturday to the epic to pull two points in front of the Necaxa in the Leagues Cup. In addition, the Pumas UNAM imposed themselves on Atlanta United and America, which joined the precipice, is still alive after rescuing two points against Minnesota United. Messi abandoned for inconvenience in the ischiotibials an encounter…
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