Lionel Messi achieved his third double in four outings with Inter Miami and once again scored in extremis to save the franchise in the Leagues Cup, this time leading to a four-goal draw against FC Dallas that had to be resolved in a penalty lottery.
The Argentine’s first goal fell just after minute six, when the public present at the Toyota Stadium in Texas witnessed the resurrection of the formidable tandem that for years he made together with Jordi Alba at FC Barcelona. Namely, the full-back went in search of the bottom line and launched the house trademark pass, crossed and in search of the edge of the area, where Leo appeared to put in a very tight left footed shot.
However, Dallas tied at 37′ through Facundo Quignona compatriot of Messi, and took the lead at the close of the first half thanks to Tanzanian Bernard Kamungo.
Around the locker room, another Argentine, Alan Velasco, brought the 3-1 to the scoreboard at 63′, and although Benjamín Cremaschi (it goes without saying where he came from) discounted at 65′, Robert Taylor’s own goal (68′) filled with pessimism to a sector of the fans of ‘Las Garzas’.
It was then that, already in the final stretch, Marco Farfán returned the coin from the own goal, and with five minutes left to complete the required time, the Rosario player appeared again to put the parity with a tremendous goal from a direct free kickthe number 64 of his career (One more and David Beckham will reach 65one of the owners of the Miami franchise).
Already in the penalties He led the round with a charge that fooled the Dallas goalkeeperand in the end, Inter prevailed 5-3 from the 12 steps to get their ticket to the quarterfinals of the Leagues Cup.
It is worth noting that Inter had lost three of their last four matches with Dallas, and in the rest they had to settle for a draw.
