{"id":27479,"date":"2026-03-02T11:38:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27479"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:41:53","slug":"lionel-messi-miami-score-four-in-second-half-to-upend-orlando-city","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/lionel-messi-miami-score-four-in-second-half-to-upend-orlando-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi, Miami score four in second half to upend Orlando City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Lionel Messi recorded a brace, Telasco Sevogia scored the tie-breaking goal in the 85th minute and assisted on two others and Inter Miami dominated the second half to record a 4-2 comeback victory over host Orlando City on Sunday night.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Mateo Silvetti added a goal and an assist in Inter Miami\u2019s four-goal second half that erased a 2-0 deficit.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>The Herons (1-1-0, 3 points) bounced back from a 3-0 season-opening loss to Los Angeles FC.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Messi, who scored in the 57th and 90th minutes, has eight goals in five meetings against the Lions across all competitions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Marco Pasalic and Martin Ojeda scored goals for Orlando City (0-2-0, 0points).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Orlando was unable to clear the ball out of its zone on the tie-breaking sequence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Miami\u2019s German Berterame came up with the ball to begin the sequence. Sevogia eventually received it and booted a right-footed shot into the net.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Three minutes later, Orlando City\u2019s Colin Guske pulled Messi down and was given his second yellow card. The automatic upgrade to red led to Guske\u2019s ejection, leaving the Lions with just 10 men for the rest of the match, which included 10 minutes of stoppage time.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Messi then took a free kick from close range in the 90th minute and sent a left-footed shot past the wall and inside the left post to give the Herons a two-goal lead.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Dayne St. Clair made three saves for Miami, which outshot Orlando City 16-12and placed eight shots on target to the Lions\u2019 five.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Maxime Crepeau had four stops for Orlando City.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Orlando City won both regular-season meetings last season, prevailing by scores of 4-0 and 3-1.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Miami woke up fast after the halftime break.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Silvetti was beyond the box when he ripped a right-footed shot into the left corner of the net in the 49th minute.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Messi scored the equaliser eight minutes later by lining a left-footed shot inside the right post.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Ojeda had a big opportunity to put Orlando City back ahead in the 70th minute, but St. Clair made a leg save on Ojeda\u2019s close-ranged left-footed shot.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Orlando struck in the 18th minute when Ivan Angulo fed Pasalic, who sent a left-footed grounder that caromed off the arms of St. Clair and into the net.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Six minutes later, the Lions made it 2-0 when Ojeda performed a give-and-go with Griffin Dorsey. Upon receiving the ball back, Ojeda sent a right-footed shot into the right corner.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Crepeau made three first-half saves, including one of Messi in the 28th minute. Messi also sent a free kick wide left of the net late in the half.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14870,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-27479","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Lionel Messi, Miami score four in second half to upend Orlando City.","published_date":"","news_description":"Lionel Messi, Miami score four in second half to upend Orlando City.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27480,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27479\/revisions\/27480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}