New spectacle with the Messi brand in the USA

Lionel Messi demonstrated his astonishing class in a second consecutive game with the Inter Miami team. After making his debut with a winner against Cruz Azul a few days ago, the Argentinian tonight scored twice against Atlanta United and added an assist in 78 minutes on the pitch as his side ran out 4-0 winners.

Messi opened the scoring in the 8th minute and doubled Inter Miami's lead in the 22nd. Following his pass, Robert Taylor set up a convincing victory for Gerardo Martino's team in the 54th minute. In this way, the team from Florida collected a full asset of 6 points and leads the standings in group 10 of the League Cup tournament.

Unlike the meeting with Cruz Azul, this time Messi started among the starters, alongside Sergio Busquets. It was the until recently captain of Barcelona who brought the Argentine forward for the first goal. Left alone against the goalkeeper, Leo had no problems overcoming him for 1:0. A quarter of an hour later, Taylor crossed almost from the off-line and Messi put his foot in to send the ball into the goal.

Roger Taylor made it 3:0 in the 44th minute. In the second half, the hosts continued to have fun. On a quick counter in the 54th minute, Messi found Taylor perfectly and the Finland international shot diagonally, leaving veteran Brad Guzan with no chance. Taylor now has 3 goals in two games since Messi was at Inter Miami, and before that he had 2 goals in 23 games this season.

In the 78th minute, Martino decided to replace Messi with Robbie Robinson, after which a large part of the audience began to leave the stands. Inter Miami's Christopher McVeigh was shown a red card in the remaining time and Thiago Almada missed a penalty. Atlanta United's Argentinian goalscorer hugged Messi after the final whistle and the two exchanged shirts.