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Messi Scores Winner as Miami Down Colorado on Coach Debut
- Lionel Messi scored twice, including a stunning 79th-minute winner, to lead Inter Miami to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday in interim coach Guillermo Hoyos' first match in charge.
- Inter Miami played their first match since Javier Mascherano stepped down as coach on Tuesday, just four months after guiding the club to its first MLS Cup title. Sporting director Hoyos moved to lead the first team.
- A crowd of 75,824 attended the match at Empower Field at Mile High, marking the second-highest attendance in MLS history. Messi converted a 13th-minute penalty before his late decisive goal.
- Inter Miami is now seven games unbeaten and has not lost since a season-opening 3-0 defeat to LAFC. Yannick Bright received a red card in the 87th minute but the team held on.
- Hoyos praised the immense quality of his players following the match. Regarding coaching Messi, the record eight-time Ballon winner, Hoyos said, "The best coach in the world is actually out there on the pitch.
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Inter Miami defeated the Colorado Rapids 3-2
On the night of Saturday to Sunday, the Argentinean delivered the Inter Miami in front of the Colorado Rapids (3-2).
Lionel Messi scored twice in Inter Miami's 3-2 win over Colorado Rapids in Denver. Messi scored the winning goal in the 79th minute in front of an estimated 75,000 fans. He began a run from midfield and was unimpeded into the penalty area, where he fired a powerful shot into the top left corner to make it 3-2. Rafael Navarro and Darren Yapi each scored for Colorado in a match watched by 75,824 spectators—the second-largest attendance in MLS hist…
Inter Miami, with two goals by Messi and one by Mexican Berterame, beat the Colorado Rapids in the first win without Mascherano at the helm
With a double pack Lionel Messi Inter Miami leads to victory at the Colorado Rapids. A successful start for the new coach - and that in front of an impressive backdrop.
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