Inter Miami's Captain Lionel Messi led the Javier Mascherano team to a thunderous victory over New York Red Bulls in week 26 of the Major League -Voetbal season 2025. From Sports Illustrated Stadium – and with another year to go to the World Cup 2026 execution at the Legendary Final. Keeping alive in the North American League.
The match did not come to the best start for the herons, because the Red Bulls took the lead for only 13 minutes. After a corner from the left, Rocco RÃos Novo misjudged the airball, so Alexander Hack could go home and bring it 1-0 in New Jersey.
Messi's Magic Lights Up New Jersey
After a shaky start, Messi came to life and his football lit a spark in the entire team. The first big moment came after a pass from Sergio Busquets, when Luis Suárez played a neat one-two with the Nr. 10. Messi then delivered a surgery through Ball to Jordi Alba, who finished it with a thundering left-wing strike to level the score in the 24th minute.
Moments later, Messi again chose Alba with a perfectly weighted pass in space, and the movement ended in Telasco Segovia, who completed the comeback. The soft finish of the Venezuelan attacker was sufficient to beat goalkeeper Carlos Coronel. Just before half-time, Segovia again hit this with a composite shot with the right foot after a smart assist from Federico Redondo.
Messi brought the game to bed in the second half. In the 60th minute, the World Cup 2022 World Cup broke for free thanks to a sublime assist from Busquets and ended in trademark style – Coronel shaking with a slick feint before he tapped an empty net. The home bench broke out in protests about a possible offside, but the goal was.
The route was completed by the 75th minute, when Messi got stuck on a cross of Suárez, checked it on his chest, took his marker off and hit a stylish left volley home. The Inter Miami captain closed a brilliant brace and punished the Red Bulls on their home grass to keep his team near the top of the Eastern Conference.