After the disillusionment at the club World Cup, football star Lionel Messi shone again directly when he returned to everyday life. With a double pack, the Argentine world champion Inter Miami led to a 4: 1 (2: 1) at CF Montreal in the North American Major League Soccer.
Against the Canadians, the bottom of the Eastern Conference in the table, Messi scored for the break management (40th) and the final score (62.), but the 38-year-old had previously initiated the early 0: 1 by Prince Owusu (2nd) with an unsuccessful return pass.
For Miami it was the first MLS use after more than a month break because of the club World Cup. The Florida team had reunited the shorter one in the tournament at Messi with Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 against the house-highly superior Champions League winner (0: 4). Messi had started against his former club for the first time two years after his farewell, Miami previously the only one of the three MLS clubs moved into the KO round.
“It is never easy to find yourself in the competition again after the club world championship, the players mastered it perfectly,” said Inter-Trainer Javier Mascherano, “it was a great evening. We got the three points that we absolutely need.”
Miami jumped to sixth place in the east with 32 points from 17 games. Messi has scored seven goals in the past four games, and he has a total of twelve goals.