Messi is caught offside early on as Inter Miami look to spring him behind the FC Cincinnati defense, halting a promising attack.

Messi delivers a precise cross from a corner, and Yannick Bright’s header thunders off the bar from the center of the box.

Messi opens the scoring with a crisp right-footed volley from the center of the box, steering the ball into the bottom left corner for Inter Miami’s 1–0 lead.

Just before halftime, Messi cuts in from the right side of the box and sends a left-footed shot narrowly wide of the left post.

Messi unleashes a left-footed effort from outside the box that is well-struck but saved centrally by goalkeeper Roman Celentano.

Messi drives forward in the attacking half and is fouled as he tries to progress, winning a dangerous free kick for Inter Miami.

Messi levels the match at 2–2 with a composed left-footed finish from the center of the box into the bottom left corner, after meeting Rodrigo De Paul’s teasing cross.

Messi again draws a foul in the attacking half as he looks to orchestrate play, earning another free kick in a promising position.

Messi combines with Luis Suárez, feeding him in the box for a left-footed shot that is blocked by the defense.

From the left side of the box, Messi fires a left-footed shot that is blocked, as he looks to break through following a combination with Luis Suárez.

Messi swings in a corner and picks out Micael, whose header from the center of the box sails just too high over the bar.

Messi provides a key assist, threading the ball for Mateo Silvetti, who finishes with a right-footed shot from the center of the box into the bottom right corner to make it 3–3.

Messi almost completes a hat-trick, latching onto a pass from Mateo Silvetti and striking a right-footed shot from the center of the box off the right post.