Messi opens the scoring with a trademark left‑footed strike from outside the box, drilling the ball into the bottom right corner after being set up by Tadeo Allende.

From long range on the right, Messi tries a powerful left‑footed effort, but the shot is blocked by the Nashville defense before it can test the keeper.

After a worked set‑piece on the right, Messi picks out Baltasar Rodríguez outside the box, and Rodríguez’s right‑footed shot whistles just wide of the right post.

Messi makes it 2–0 with another left‑footed shot from outside the box, this time driving the ball straight into the center of the goal after a pass from Mateo Silvetti.

Messi slips a pass to Mateo Silvetti on the right side of the box, but Silvetti’s right‑footed attempt curls narrowly wide of the far post.

On a rapid counterattack, Messi threads a precise through ball from midfield that sends Tadeo Allende into space, and Allende blasts a right‑footed shot from distance into the top left corner for Inter Miami’s fourth.

Immediately after committing a bad foul, Messi is shown a yellow card by the referee, briefly halting play and adding edge to the closing stages of the final.