Inter 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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