Main League Soccer
Inter Miami 2 – 2 Columbus Crew FT
Messi had 12 aim involvements for Argentina on the 2026 World Cup [Getty Images]
Lionel Messi returned to motion on Saturday following Argentina’s World Cup closing defeat by Spain, approaching as an alternative choice to Inter Miami in a 2-2 draw with Columbus Crew as team-mate Casemiro scored an personal aim.
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Messi had not performed competitively since captaining his nation of their 1-0 loss on 19 July. The 39-year-old scored eight objectives and registered 4 assists in the course of the match.
The ahead was given an enormous ovation by the Inter Miami dwelling followers when he got here on within the 53rd minute of the Main League Soccer match, though he missed two probabilities to attain.
Miami had taken the lead by means of Luis Suarez’s audacious lengthy vary chipped strike for his seventh aim in 4 video games.
Brazil midfielder Casemiro, who joined Miami in July after leaving Manchester United, inadvertently equalised for Columbus when he put the ball into his personal internet when attempting to make a clearance.
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However Noah Allen headed the house aspect again in entrance earlier than Brais Mendez curled in an 84th minute free-kick on his debut to earn Columbus Crew a draw.