FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It wasn’t Lionel Messi who put Inter Miami on the scoresheet in the club’s first conference finals.
That was Tadeo Allende, a 26-year-old Argentine who had spent just one year at Inter Miami on loan from Spanish club Celta de Vigo. achieved a hat trick Inter Miami advanced to their first MLS Cup final with a 5-1 victory over New York City FC.
Allende played in 31 regular season games and scored 11 goals. He scored 8 points in the playoffs. He scored Inter Miami’s two goals at the start of the first half on Saturday and then scored the winning goal to give them an emphatic victory.
Allende’s impact began in a first-round elimination game against Nashville, where he scored two goals and helped Inter Miami advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. He scored two more goals in the semifinal win over Cincinnati.
messi, Looks like he’s on track to win another MVP. He is the only player to have contributed more goals to Inter Miami during this period, having played in what amounts to historic consecutive seasons. Messi provided three assists for Allende during the playoffs, while Jordi Alba had two.
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