Messi swings in a corner and picks out Tadeo Allende, whose close-range header flies high and wide of the right post.

Messi threads a through ball to Tadeo Allende on the right side of the box, but Camilo Vargas saves Allende’s shot in the centre of the goal.

Messi takes a left-footed shot from outside the box after a pass from Marcelo Weigandt, but his effort is blocked before it can trouble the keeper.

Messi rises in the centre of the box to meet Jordi Alba’s cross with a header, but it drifts just left of the target.

Messi unleashes a left-footed strike from outside the box after a short corner from Sergio Busquets, sending the shot just over the crossbar.

Messi creates another chance by setting up Telasco Segovia in the centre of the box, but Segovia’s right-footed shot sails too high.

Messi provides the key pass to Telasco Segovia, who fires a right-footed shot from the middle of the box into the top centre of the net to give Inter Miami a 1–0 lead.

Soon after the opener, Messi cuts in from the left side of the box and hits a left-footed shot, but it is blocked following a cross from Luis Suárez.

Messi finds space in the centre of the box and strikes with his left foot, yet once again his attempt is blocked after a pass from Luis Suárez.

Messi attacks Jordi Alba’s cross in the middle of the box and shoots with his left foot, but the effort is blocked by the defence.

Messi is penalized for a handball late in the match, halting Inter Miami’s momentum in attack.

Messi creates the decisive goal, setting up Marcelo Weigandt for a close-range right-footed finish into the bottom left corner to make it 2–1 Inter Miami.