Philadelphia vs Inter Miami Live Score Leagues Cup - PHI 1-4 MIA Full Time, Lionel Messi takes Miami to final!

Philadelphia 1-4 Miami: Live coverage ends

That's all from our Live coverage as Lionel Messi's Inter Miami reach Leagues Cup 2023 final after beating Philadelphia Union in the semis. Lionel Messi continued his hot form with his ninth goal in six games. He will be expected to increase the tally in the final on August 19! Till then good bye!

GOL numero 9️⃣ para nuestro 🔟#PHIvMIA | 0-2 pic.twitter.com/W6w0Th4pzZ

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 15, 2023

Leagues Cup 2023 semifinal: Philadelphia 1-4 Miami at Full Time

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Full Time!

The referee blows the final whistle soon after and Inter Miami are through to the Leagues Cup 2023 final! Lionel Messi and Co in fact are the first to reach the inaugural competition final as the other semifinal is due to start in few minutes!

Lionel Messi gets into heated argument with Jose Martinez!

90+3' Lionel Messi was fouled on the right flank by Jose Martinez and Messi makes his resentment clear as he gets into an argument with his rival before the referee intervenes!

David Ruiz goal video

90+1' Meanwhile three minutes of stoppage time added.

Yedlin to Ruiz for our 4th of the night, and his first Leagues Cup goal 🔥#PHIvMIA | 1-4 pic.twitter.com/cfJXHOW4M8

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 16, 2023

GOOOOALLLLL!

84' David Ruiz scores the fourth goal for Inter Miami! Lionel Messi involved in the build up again as he plays overlapping Yedellin free on the right flank. The right back was quick to play Ruiz inside the box, who shot the ball low into the goal from a tight angle!

Leagues Cup 2023 semifinal: Philadelphia 1-3 Miami

79' Philadelphia are pushing for more goals as there is more intensity in their attack! However, time is ticking away as they have 10 minutes of regulation time and added time left to find two goals and take the game into penalty shootout!

GOOOOALLLL!

71' Bedoya pulls one back for Philadelphia as the home crowd breaks into loud celebration for the first time in the match! The goal came from a corner as Bedoya found a loose ball in the box after Busquets fails to clear the ball! Bedyo hit the ball with the outside of his boot as the power behind the shot made it too difficult for Callender to block! It's 3-1!

Messi incredibly denied near the goal!

70' That was unbelievable! Lionel Messi found a loose ball inside the box after Campana's shot on target was blocked by Philadelphia goalkeeper! Messi skipped past the goalkeeper and Glesnes to fire a shot at goal but Eliot managed to deflect the shot at the right time!

Glesnes misses a big chance!

68' Philadelphia are getting closer to the goal as they manage to put in a threatening cross from the left flank following a neat build-up! Centre-back Glesnes dives to hit the ball on the far post but skies it over the bar! That should have been their opening goal!

Two changes by Inter Miami!

62' Campana and Diego Gomez join play in place of Robert Taylor and Josef Martinez. Meanwhile Miami right back Yedellin sees yellow card for aggressive play!

BIG SAVE BY CALLENDER!

59' Wagner sends in a delicious left-footed cross inside the box from the right flank for Donovan to hit it towards the goal with a strong header! But Callender makes an acrobatic save to deny the goal! The ball fell to another Philadelphia player on the rebound but he shot it off target!

Donovan misses open goal!

56' What a miss by the Philadelphia forward, who was fed on the counter in front of the goal, he does well to round off goalkeeper Callender but went wide from the goal and fired the ball above the crossbar! He raises his hands in an apology to his teammates

Philadelphia 0-3 Miami

54' Lionel Messi is engaging himself in the build up more as he ran from the middle thrice now to set up Cremasci and Josef Martinez on the flanks in back-to-back attacks but his teammates couldn't match the quality of the Argentine as the score remains unchanged!

Jose Martinez fires off target!

49' The Philadelphia midfielder fires a shot from distant for the side's first attempt but the shot goes wide! Slow start to the half before that as Philadelphia fail to increase tempo of their game in the second half so far!

2nd half begins!

46' Two changes at the break by Philadelphia! Mikael Uhre and Jack McGlyn join play in place of Flach and Lowe

Leagues Cup 2023 semifinal: Philadelphia 0-3 Miami

We are approaching restart and it has been an annihilation of hosts Philadelphia by Lionel Messi's Inter Miami as they punished their rivals with every clear cut chance they got!

Leading at half from Philly💥 pic.twitter.com/PhS0CuWVXm

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 16, 2023

Jordi Alba goal video

While Jordi Alba scores his debut goal in Miami colours. Sergio Busquets remain the only name among the three to not score a goal. That hardly matters as he is the midfield maestro of Inter Miami as he proved by assisting Josef Martinez for the opening goal

Taylor ▶️ Alba para su primer gol con MIAMI 🎉💥#PHIvMIA | 0-3 pic.twitter.com/nXtLB1GdRa

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 16, 2023

Philadelphia 0-3 Miami at Half Time

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Half Time!

The referee blows the half time whistle right after! Inter Miami take a three-goal lead into the break as Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba and Josef Martinez find the net!

GOOOALLLLL!

45+4' Jordi Alba scores his debut goal for Inter Miami! The left-back makes an overlapping run as Philadelphia are caught on the counter! Robert Taylor tracks Alba's run and played him free to the goal! The Spanish defender makes no mistake in burying the ball into the net! It's 3-0 in favour of Inter Miami!

Four minutes of added time!

45+1' Further four minutes of play upon completion of 45 minutes. No clear-cut chances for either sides

Leagues Cup 2023 semifinal: Philadelphia 0-2 Miami

43' Another foul on Kryvtsov following the restart as Philadelphia has conceded nine fouls so far in comparison to Miami's one! The antics have also effected the tempo of the match as no chances have been created in the last five minutes at least!

Philadelphia vs Inter Miami: PHI 0-2 MIA

37' Play is halted as Inter Miami's centre-back Kryvtsov is down on the ground following a knock and is requiring treatment!

Back-to-back three corners for Philadelphia!

33' Philadelphia are pushing for their opening goal as they won back-to-back three corners after the freekick but Callender stood strong in the goal!

Lionel Messi puts defensive shift!

32' Lionel Messi drops deep to help Inter Miami defend an indirect set piece. He chases an opponent to intercept and take the ball out of play!

Lionel Messi goal video

30' There's no stopping Lionel Mess in the USA as Inter Miami are hot favourite to qualify for the Leagues Cup 2023 final!

GOL numero 9️⃣ para nuestro 🔟#PHIvMIA | 0-2 pic.twitter.com/W6w0Th4pzZ

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 15, 2023

YELLOW CARD FOR PHILADELPHIA!

25' Jesus Bueno is shown the card as he fouls an Inter Miami player in the midfield after Lionel Messi started an attack!

GOOOOOALLLLLL! Lionel Messi scores!

21' WHAT A GOAL BY LIONEL MESSI! Josef Martinez feeds the Argentine with the ball 35 yards from the goal while three defenders are surrounding him! Messi hits a low shot to the far post and surprises the Philadelphia goalkeeper, who reacts late to block the low shot! Nine goals in six games for Lionel Messi!

Opening goal video

16' Confirmation! The pass for the opening goal came from Sergio Busquets, who else it could have been! Perhaps Lionel Messi

Perfect ball from Sergii to put Martínez in to put us in the lead early in the match 👏👏👏#PHIvMIA | 0-1 pic.twitter.com/UDUin1kyFx

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 15, 2023