After a one-goal tie in regulation time and a lengthy penalty shootout (10-9), Inter Miami got the first trophy for your showcases in the highly disputed Leagues Cup final against Nashville SC.
The undisputed leader of ‘Las Garzas’, Lionel Messihad not taken much action when at minute 23 he picked up a ball on the edge of the area, removed Zimmerman’s mark and nailed it into the corner of the goal defended by Elliot Panicco. It was his tenth goal in seven games since he arrived in the United States.
Thus, with a minimal advantage for the visit, the first period ended. However, shortly after the restart the tie for the hosts arrived (m.57) through Fafá Picault, who drove a cross to the far post of the team’s star, the German Hany Mukhtar.
It should be noted that Cremaschi was about to prevent the goal, but the ball bounced off goalkeeper Callender and went into the goal.
From then on there would be a few incursions from both sides, but all of them were fruitless. In this section it is necessary to highlight Messi’s post shot and, already in the discount, the providential stop of Callender and the resounding failure of Leonardo Campana, who had come on as a substitute in the eleven of ‘Las Garzas’.
As extra time is not played in the Leagues Cup, it was necessary to decide in the penalty lottery. And the contest was so long that, when the tie persisted after the first ten charges per team, the goalkeepers had to go to the white spot. So Callender scored, Panicco missed, Messi became the first footballer to win 44 titles, and Miami is celebrating.
Note: At the end of the clash, the individual prizes of the tournament were delivered: Drake Callender was the Best Goalkeeper, and Messi, the Scorer Leader and Best Player.
