MESSI INCREDIBLE FREE KICK | HIGHLIGHTS Columbus Crew 2-3 Inter Miami | SUPPORTERS' SHIELD CHAMPIONS
MESSI INCREDIBLE FREE KICK | HIGHLIGHTS Columbus Crew 2-3 Inter Miami | SUPPORTERS' SHIELD CHAMPIONS
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00:00Lionel Messi's stunning double helped Inter-Miami seal a dramatic victory against FC Dallas
00:05to reach the quarter-finals of the League's Cup on Sunday.
00:08FC Dallas led 4-2 with 10 minutes left but two late goals took the game to a penalty
00:13shootout.
00:14Miami won the shootout 5-3 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
00:19''Being 4-2 down in the 80th minute and then coming back, we are very happy with the result,''
00:24Miami manager Gerardo Martino said.
00:27But the fact that we have gone through shouldn't let us lose sight of the things that we have
00:30to improve.
00:32Miami were winless in XI before Messi's arrival but have now won four in a row.
00:37The former Barcelona and Paris ST Germain forward opened the scoring after six minutes,
00:42sweeping a curling shot inside the near post from outside the penalty area, but Dallas
00:46were 3-1 ahead with just over an hour played.
00:50Midfielder Benjamin Kremasky reduced the deficit for Miami but a Robert Taylor-owned goal restored
00:55Dallas' two-goal cushion.
00:57Miami were given hope in the 80th minute when Marco Farfan headed a Messi cross into his
01:01own net, before the 36-year-old World Cup winner curled home a stunning free-kick to
01:05level the tie five minutes later, taking his tally to seven goals in four appearances.
01:11Messi set Miami on their way in the penalty shootout with former Barcelona teammate Sergio
01:15Busquets also keeping his cool from 12 yards as Paxton Pomichel's miss for Dallas proved
01:19costly.
01:21Miami are the first club to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the League's Cup,
01:25which debuted in 2019 and involves teams from the United States and Mexico competing in
01:30a knockout format.