After setting the FIFA World Cup on fire for Argentina, Messi decided to hang up his boots in international football. However, for his Major League Soccer (MLS) side Inter Miami, the Argentine has continued to score important goals. Lionel Messi might be 39 years old, but he is showing no signs of a slowdown. Messi was on the scoresheet yet again as Nashville held Inter Miami to a 2-2 draw on Saturday. Messi curled in a superb strike from outside the penalty box on the 62nd-minute mark at Miami’s Nu Stadium to fire Inter into a 2-1 lead, but Nashville grabbed a share of the points after striker Sam Surridge bundled in an injury-time equaliser.
Lionel Messi scored a brilliant long-range goal as Inter Miami were held to a 2-2 draw by Nashville in the MLS.
And Messi could have even improved his goals record against in Saturday’s game between the first and second-placed sides in the Eastern Conference. But Miami drew level midway through the half and again Messi was involved. The World Cup-winner’s wicked in-swinging corner found the head of Nashville defender Reed Baker-Whiting, who glanced in an own goal. But Miami’s failure to extend their lead proved costly as Surridge scored from close range in injury time to steal a point.
The 39-year-old Messi has now scored a remarkable 17 goals in 14 games against Nashville in all competitions since joining Miami in 2023.
Earlier, Nashville had got off to a dream start when English striker Surridge sprang the offside trap before burying a low shot into the bottom corner in the fourth minute.
