{"id":4685,"date":"2025-08-17T01:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/17\/messi-scores-support-intermiamis-3-1-victory-over-la-galaxy\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T01:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:58:03","slug":"messi-scores-support-intermiamis-3-1-victory-over-la-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/17\/messi-scores-support-intermiamis-3-1-victory-over-la-galaxy\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi scores support Intermiami&#8217;s 3-1 victory over LA Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Fort Louderdale, Fla. (AP) &#8211; Lionel Messi has been undeniable for a long time. <\/p>\n<p>The Argentine superstar came back from injury against the LA Galaxy on Saturday night and missed many scoring opportunities, but in the waning minutes of the match, Messi scored a go-head goal, then another goal to bring Inter Miami to a 3-1 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Messi did not start the match and instead came early in the second half after watching two games with a right hamstring injury. He suffered <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">injury<\/span> On August 2nd, he played against Nekakisa in Intermiami&#8217;s League Cup match.<\/p>\n<p>Messi dribbling the defender with his trademark dribbling before filling in a shot on his left foot from a distance of 2-1 in the 84th minute. He then set up Luis Suarez with a back heel assist to give Miami two goal cushions.<\/p>\n<p>It was Messi&#8217;s 19th goal of the season for MLS leader Messi, and the victory he needed for Intermiami, which skated sixth in the East. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">4-1 defeat in Orlando<\/span> last week. <\/p>\n<p>Jordi Alba lifted Miami 1-0 late in the first half of Saturday, finishing off a well-placed ball from Sergio Busquets.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Paintsil tied it up for the 59th Annual Galaxy. Galaxy is the MLS Cup champion, but is currently the last in the Western Conference rankings.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP Soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/soccer<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/inter-miami-la-galaxy-score-messi-a4179e51b01c16caba746143e74358c0\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Louderdale, Fla. 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The Argentine superstar came back from injury against the LA Galaxy on Saturday night and missed many scoring opportunities, but in the waning minutes of the match, Messi scored a go-head goal, then another goal to bring Inter Miami to a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Messi scores support Intermiami&#039;s 3-1 victory over LA Galaxy - EPL VIP \u2013 Latest English Premier League News &amp; Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/17\/messi-scores-support-intermiamis-3-1-victory-over-la-galaxy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Messi scores support Intermiami&#039;s 3-1 victory over LA Galaxy - EPL VIP \u2013 Latest English Premier League News &amp; Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fort Louderdale, Fla. 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