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Leo Messi and his teammates lifting the Leagues Cup trophy

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First title for Leo Messi in the USA! Inter Miami won the Leagues Cup

Published:20/08/2023 - 09:54h

Updated:20/08/2023 - 09:55h

Leo Messi won his first title with Inter Miami and the 43rd of his career by winning the Leagues Cup after a dramatic final against Nashville (1-1, 10-9 p.). A long penalty shootout defined the champion, with glory for the pink team

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The Inter Miami obtained the Saturday at night (morning of Spain) the first title of his history of the hand of Leo Messi when winning to the Nashville in the final of the Leagues Cup (1-1, 10-9 p.). The 'crack' rosarino erigió as 'pichichi' and 'MVP' of the tournament with a golazo in the first part and obtained the trophy number 43 of his brilliant sportive career, with which equalised to Dani Alves like footballer more winning of the history.

It was as well as the night finish being round for the ones of Gerardo 'Tata' Martino, no without before suffer in an agónico split that it defined in a batch of penaltis larguísima. The 11 players of each team had to patear from the manchón white, being the goalkeeper Drake Callender the unexpected hero of the final. The guardameta American converted and cut across the two last collections to give him the trophy to the Inter. The revolution of Messi, beside Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, already has given fruits in Miami.

The golazo of Messi directed to the Inter to the title

Unlike other parties in the tournament, to the Inter Miami cost him do with the command of the party. The Nashville, promoted by his fans, did to cost the localía in the first chamber of hour, drowning the exit of a pink group quite slow in the transfer. However, when worse happened it the visitors, Leo opened the marker out of nowhere, with a zurdazo more than his inagotable collection of golazos.

Without too many alternatives to generate danger, the '10' dribbled to a pair of rivals and stuck to his left to take out a finish imparable to the angle. The balloon still there was not ingresado to the goal and 'The Flea' already ran to the side with the open arms, conscious that his finish would finish in goal. Without deserving it, the Inter won it in 23 minutes with an only shot to door.

The Nashville reacted in the complement and was upper

In spite of the blow that supposed the 0-1, the group directed by Gary Smith kept order and the possession until the halftime. In the 57', a corner from the left derived in the local tie after a series of rebounds in the area girl that propiciaron the goal against of the goalkeeper Callender when the '1' tried to clear with his legs on the line. The so much did justice to the seen in the field until then and the Nashville dumped to by the victory.

The goalkeeper of the Miami redeemed with some timely intervention that kept the tie until the 90'. Messi brushed the doublet with a balloon to the stick in the only arrival of the Inter in the complement and, in the last played of the party, a long balloon was taken advantage of by the ecuadorian Leonardo Bell to define in the hand manually in front of the goalkeeper Elliot Panicco, but after hammering it, to the forward went him largo the balloon and his finish crashed in the base of the stick. It did not have to another. The penaltis would define to the champion.

The penaltis gave the glory to Leo Messi in Tennesse

Leo Messi opened the batch with a collection crossed that deceived to Panicco. Busquets converted the second penalti of the just batch before Randall Loyal saw like Callender detained his collection. The Inter seemed to have the title ensured, but the Mexican Víctor Ulloa failed the fifth penalti, extending the batch. From here from now on, there were five effective collections by each team until it arrived the turn of the goalkeepers. Callender Hit and, without celebrating, went and detained the collection of Panicco to give him to the ones of Miami his first official title. Messi, by his part, remained with the prizes of 'MVP' and 'pichichi', with a total of 10 goals in 7 parties.