Categories: Sport

Messi the creator as Miami win in MLS opener



FORT LAUDERDALE: Lionel Messi created both goals as Inter Miami made a winning start to the new Major League Soccer season with a 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday.

The Argentine World Cup winner, who played the entire game, put aside any concerns about his early season fitness with an excellent performance for the bookmakers’ title favorites.

“He looked loose, fine and showed a lot of speed,” coach Gerardo Martino said of Messi, who missed the back end of last season for Miami with injuries and was also sidelined for part of the pre-season.



Source link

gulftimes

Recent Posts

England set to eliminate hepatitis C

Hepatitis C is spread through contact with blood infected with the virus, such as by…

24 minutes ago

New weight loss pill approved for use in UK

A daily weight-loss pill made by the drug firm behind the Mounjaro jab has been…

9 hours ago

Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan unlikely to be final word

In July, after months of delicate negotiations, Trump announced a "major milestone" in the implementation…

9 hours ago

Lebanon: UN peacekeepers count hundreds of Israeli strikes and incursions in a single weekend

UNIFIL said Saturday alone accounted for 229 of those projectiles, the highest single-day total since…

12 hours ago

DR Congo: Ebola is killing people before they ever reach a doctor

“The Bundibugyo virus continues to outpace us,” said Dr. Mohamed Janabi, WHO Regional Director for…

12 hours ago

Afghanistan: UN tells Taliban to open up on abuses committed by security forces

Key pointsThe Taliban have taken steps to promote discipline and oversight according to a new report by…

12 hours ago