Messi scores 2 goals in Inter Miami MLS return

Lionel Messi scored doubly to assistance Inter Miami to a 4-1 triumph against big CF Montreal connected Saturday.

Miami (9-3-5, 32 points) was playing its archetypal MLS crippled successful implicit a period owed its information successful the Club World Cup. Miami was eliminated past week successful a 4-0 decision to Paris Saint-Germain.

But Javier Mascherano's broadside showed nary sick effects of that chastening decision arsenic it won its 3rd consecutive MLS game.

Messi was erstwhile again the prima of the amusement to determination onto 12 goals successful 14 MLS appearances this season 

Prince Owusu scored the lone extremity for Montreal (3-13-5, 14 points), which had won 2 of its erstwhile three.

Owusu gave Montreal a 1-0 pb successful the 2nd minute. Messi missed connected a walk effort and an uncovered Owusu collected the shot astatine the apical of the container earlier putting a onslaught done goalkeeper Oscar Ustari's legs into the backmost of the net.

Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois got his hands up to contradict the visitors disconnected a country successful the 13th infinitesimal and 2 minutes aboriginal got his fingertips connected a Jordi Alba accidental to nonstop it disconnected the close station and out.

In the 20th minute, Sirois came disconnected his enactment to the punishment country and slid to contradict Tadeo Allende disconnected a prime opportunity, and successful the 27th infinitesimal came retired to the apical of the container to bargain a accidental from Telasco Segovia.

Miami yet broke done successful the 33rd minute. Messi fed Allende extracurricular the apical close of the box, and Allende took a mates of strides earlier firing a dart into the nett to necktie it 1-1.

Messi past enactment Miami up 2-1 successful the 40th minute. Coming up the close side, the Argentine chopped wrong toward the mediate of the container and curled a debased changeable successful the bottommost acold corner.

Segovia made it 3-1 successful the 60th infinitesimal erstwhile helium fired a onslaught from extracurricular the container that grazed the underside of the crossbar and landed successful the cage.

Messi added his 2nd of the lucifer with a stunning solo extremity 2 minutes later. He took the shot from adjacent midfield to wrong the box, twisting and turning past respective Montreal defenders earlier firing a changeable precocious into the net.

Information from Field Level Media was utilized successful this report.