Lionel Messi: Inter Miami vs Nashville Highlights, Leagues Cup Final - MIA 1-1 NSH at Full Time. Inter Miami won in a penalty shootout!
24' Inter Miami 1-0 Nashville (Lionel Messi scores)
57' Inter Miami 1-1 Nashville (Fafa scores)
Full Time Inter Miami 1-1 Nashville
Penalty Shootout: Inter Miami 10-9 Nashville
(Scroll below for match updates) Lionel Messi is aiming for his first title on American soil exactly a month since the Argentine World Cup winner made his debut for Inter Miami. He is just a step away from winning one as the pink-clad outfit faces Nashville at the Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee.

That's all from our Live coverage as Lionel Messi start his USA career with a title in the first tournament he participated in! Next up is Cincinnati in the US Open Cup semifinal on August 24! Do join us for all the Live action, this is your host Aditya K Halder, signing off!
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— Leagues Cup (@LeaguesCup) August 20, 2023
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MATCH.#LeaguesCup2023 pic.twitter.com/HzRR9USCq2
A club that was dead last in their league is now a champion. All thanks to Lionel Messi, who scored in every game he played in the Leagues Cup as Inter Miami won the tournament by winning all the seven games they played in Leagues Cup! Take a bow, Champions!
Sí somos campeones 🏆 pic.twitter.com/uWMwD4wmAO
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 20, 2023
Lionel Messi scores 10 goals to finish at the top of goalscorer's list! What a show by the Argentine as he took charge of Inter Miami from the word go since arriving from Europe!
🏆 @InterMiamiCF are your #LeaguesCup2023 champions! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/jptXqLAJpv
— Leagues Cup (@LeaguesCup) August 20, 2023
Inter Miami win their first-ever title in Leagues Cup 2023! That too in a month after they bought the world's best player Lionel Messi!
Inter Miami win 10-9 on penalties! Inter Miami are champions!
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 10-9 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 9-9 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 9-8 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 8-8 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 8-7 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 7-7 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 7-6 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 6-6 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 6-5 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 5-5 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 5-4 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 4-4 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 4-3 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 4-3 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 4-2 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 3-2 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 3-1 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 2-1 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 2-1 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 1-1 Nashville
Penalty shootout: Inter Miami 1-0 Nashville; Hany Mukhtar next for Nashville
The referee blows the full time whistle but not before Inter Miami miss a big chance to score! Campana made a solo run and gets into the box, beat the goalkeeper as well but the ball was inches off target! The match now heads into penalties!
90+2' Inter Miami are caught on break again as Hany Mukhtar charges into the box and fires powerfully towards the goal but Calendar palms it away!
90+1' The chance goes begging as the delivery goes out for a goal kick!
89' Another freekick outside the box for Nashville as Ulloa fouls Mukhtar. This has to be taken indirectly and Mukhtar will take it!
The Inter Miami vs Nashville, Leagues Cup final starts at 6:30 AM IST (August 20) with the latter playing in the comfort of home fans and is something that they will hope counts as Lionel Messi has been in devastating form.
Yet to make his debut in Major League Soccer, Lionel Messi has scored nine goals in six games with all of them coming in the Leagues Cup 2023. His goalscoring spree has helped the side reach their first Cup final since Inter Miami was formed in 2018.
Lionel Messi's stunning show obliterated the fact from the memory of the Inter Miami fans that they are currently dead bottom in the Eastern Conference of MLS, something they will again have to deal with in seven days' time against New York Red Bulls as the American top-tier league resumes after a break.
Prior to that, Inter Miami will also feature in the US Open Cup semifinal against Cincinnati. But today is all about Lionel Messi's opportunity to win his maiden title with Inter Miami. And if past results are any indication, it won't be wrong to give the David Beckham-co-owned side the favourite tag given the impact Lionel Messi has made at the club.
His former Barcelona teammates Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba joined Lionel Messi at the club and have been bosses of their own positions with midfield maestro Busquets schooling the MLS midfielders with his crisp passing and ability to break play.
Jordi Alba showed his stunning pace in the last game against Philadelphia when the left-back made a lightning-quick overlapping run to score his maiden goal for Inter Miami a couple of weeks since flying in from Spain.