Inter Miami won a convincing 3-1 victory over Nashville in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League round of 16, thereby winning a ticket to the quarterfinals with a total score of 5-2.

Right from the beginning of the match, Inter Miami proactively attacked and scored an early goal in the 8th minute. Messi assisted Suarez to open the score after facing the Nashville goalkeeper.

At minute 23, Inter Miami continued to consolidate its lead. This time, the scorer was Messi. The Argentinian player received the ball from his teammate in the penalty area and then made his mark with an accurate finish to increase the score to 2-0 for Inter Miami. 

In the second half, Inter Miami continued to maintain their dominant position and scored another goal in the 63rd minute from Robert Taylor after an assist from Suarez. In the third minute of ιnjury time, Surridge scored an honorable goal for the away team. 

With a 5-3 final victory, Inter Miami successfully won a ticket to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League. Messi and Suarez continue to be the key factors in Inter Miami’s victory. This pair has contributed 60% of Inter Miami’s total goals since the beginning of the season in all competitions (9/15), plus 7 assists.

Messi and Suarez contributed to 60% of Inter Miami’s goals

Inter Miami is showing that they “live” entirely on Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez. This pair has contributed 60% of the club’s total goals since the beginning of the season in all competitions.

In the second leg of the 1/8 round of CONCACAF Champions Cup between Inter Miami vs Nasville, Messi and Suarez shined together to bring a 3-1 victory to the home team. Inter Miami defeated their opponents with a total score of 5-3 after 2 matches to win tickets to the quarterfinals .

In this match, Messi and Suarez each contributed 1 goal and 1 assist. In total, this duo has contributed 60% of Inter Miami’s total goals since the beginning of the season in all competitions (9/15 goals), plus 7 assists.

Inter Miami’s remaining 6 goals from the beginning of the season belong to Robert Taylor (3 goals), Leonardo Campana (1), Jordi Alba (1) and Diego Gomez (1).

Since the beginning of the 2024 season, Inter Miami has played 6 matches in all competitions, winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 1. Inter Miami’s only defeat was in the match in which Messi was absent (lost 2-3 to Montreal). . In addition, Messi and Suarez both rescued the home team with goals in ιnjury time (against LA Galaxy and Nashville in the first leg).

Messi and Suarez just shined together again to help Inter Miami win the match

Personally, Suarez has 4 goals and 5 assists after only 6 appearances since the beginning of the season for Inter Miami. He only joined the team at the beginning of 2024, but has quickly shown incredible integration.

With Messi, the Argentine superstar continues to show that he is an indispensable fulcrum for Inter Miami. La Pulga has had 5 goals and 2 assists in just 5 appearances since the beginning of the season. 

In total, he scored 17 goals and had 8 more assists after 21 official matches since joining Inter Miami. Messi contributed to 25 goals and helped the club win the 2023 Leagues Cup championship, the first title in Miami history. Leo is currently only 12 goals behind Inter Miami’s all-time scoring leader, Gonzalo Higuain.

Notably, Messi always knows how to shine in knockout matches. Accordingly, he participated in 8 matches of this type (710 minutes), scored 9 goals (1.14 goals per 90 minutes), had 3 assists (0.38 assists per 90 minutes), contributed to 50 .7% of team’s total goals, scored or assisted in every match and won 50% of matches.

It is clear that Messi and Suarez are irreplaceable pillars of Inter Miami even though they are both approximately 40 years old.