Lionel Messi was again on the scoresheet for Inter Miami on Sunday, notching the workforce’s equalizer within the first half of their MLS sport towards Toronto FC due to a formidable strike together with his left foot.

Telasco Segovia waves his means round Toronto’s protection within the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time earlier than passing the ball to Messi on the sting of the penalty space. The World Cup winner took a contact and let the ball bounce up so he might get management of it because it got here down. From there, Messi spun his physique and hit the ball exhausting together with his left foot and despatched it rapidly into the underside proper nook of the aim.

Check out the aim under, which received them a degree in a 1-1 draw.

Earlier than the aim went in, Miami’s Gonzalo Lujan was suspected of committing a handball however the refereeing workforce didn’t evaluation the occasion.

Messi’s aim marked a fast response after Miami conceded the sport’s opening aim simply three minutes earlier. Toronto, the second-to-last workforce within the Japanese Convention, managed to play a aggressive first half with Miami and scored first due to Federico Bernardeschi.

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Miami did outshoot Toronto 12-8 within the first half however the guests managed extra significant scoring alternatives, outdoing the 2024 Supporters Defend winners 1.88 to 0.49 on anticipated targets. That isn’t to say that Miami have been with out their alternatives – about 20 minutes earlier than Messi scored, he put the ball at the back of the web however the aim was dominated out for a foul in the course of the play.

The strike was Messi’s third of the season in MLS and sixth throughout all competitions.