Inter Miami CF vs Columbus Crew, 2025 MLS, Regular Season
· MLS
- 13': Tadeo Allende
- 15': Lionel Messi
- 24': Lionel Messi
- 64': Luis Suárez
- 89': Fafà Picault
FT
5 - 1
5 - 1
Lionel Messi has hand in all 5 goals as Miami routs Crew
Lionel Messi had two goals and three assists and Inter Miami used a three-goal first half to rout the flailing Columbus Crew 5-1 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Aliyu (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
- 4': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Tadeo Allende is caught offside.
- 8': Foul by Ibrahim Aliyu (Columbus Crew).
- 8': Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew).
- 8': Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Delay in match because of an injury Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew).
- 9': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 9': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Cesar Ruvalcaba replaces Malte Amundsen because of an injury.
- 10': Attempt blocked. Tadeo Allende (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Noah Allen.
- 10': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Yevhen Cheberko.
- 10': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by David Martínez with a headed pass following a corner.
- 13': Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew).
- 13': Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, Columbus Crew 0. Tadeo Allende (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
- 15': Goal! Inter Miami CF 2, Columbus Crew 0. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
- 16': Foul by Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF).
- 16': Max Arfsten (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 18': Foul by Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew).
- 18': Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew).
- 21': Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Noah Allen is caught offside.
- 23': Attempt missed. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Telasco Segovia.
- 24': Goal! Inter Miami CF 3, Columbus Crew 0. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Busquets with a through ball.
- 26': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Nicholas Hagen (Columbus Crew). Assisted by Lionel Messi.
- 30': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Lionel Messi is caught offside.
- 31': Foul by Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew).
- 31': Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Benjamín Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew).
- 33': Offside, Columbus Crew. Ibrahim Aliyu is caught offside.
- 38': Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Foul by Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF).
- 39': Offside, Columbus Crew. Dániel Gazdag is caught offside.
- 40': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Telasco Segovia is caught offside.
- 42': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Aliyu (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Diego Rossi with a through ball.
- 43': Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Foul by David Martínez (Inter Miami CF).
- 44': Attempt blocked. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Nicholas Hagen (Columbus Crew). Assisted by Tadeo Allende.
- 45': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Nicholas Hagen.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Foul by Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew).
- 45'+2': Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Inter Miami CF 3, Columbus Crew 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Inter Miami CF 3, Columbus Crew 0.
- 45': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Rocco Ríos Novo replaces Óscar Ustari.
- 46': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Cesar Ruvalcaba.
- 50': Attempt missed. Darlington Nagbe (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Max Arfsten.
- 52': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Darlington Nagbe.
- 52': Foul by Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew).
- 52': Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Benjamín Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
- 53': Attempt missed. Telasco Segovia (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 56': Attempt missed. Dylan Chambost (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
- 57': Foul by David Martínez (Inter Miami CF).
- 57': Ibrahim Aliyu (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': David Martínez (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 57': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by David Martínez.
- 58': Goal! Inter Miami CF 3, Columbus Crew 1. Cesar Ruvalcaba (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dylan Chambost with a cross following a corner.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Steven Moreira (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 61': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by David Martínez.
- 61': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Noah Allen.
- 62': Foul by Cesar Ruvalcaba (Columbus Crew).
- 62': Maximiliano Falcón (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Cesar Ruvalcaba (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Goal! Inter Miami CF 4, Columbus Crew 1. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Telasco Segovia.
- 68': Foul by Telasco Segovia (Inter Miami CF).
- 68': Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Ian Fray replaces Telasco Segovia.
- 71': Dániel Gazdag (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 71': Foul by Noah Allen (Inter Miami CF).
- 71': Foul by Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF).
- 71': Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 72': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Andrés Herrera replaces Max Arfsten.
- 72': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Jacen Russell-Rowe replaces Dániel Gazdag.
- 72': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Amar Sejdic replaces Darlington Nagbe.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
- 79': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Andrés Herrera.
- 80': Attempt missed. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Tadeo Allende following a corner.
- 80': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Lassi Lappalainen replaces Mohamed Farsi.
- 81': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Fafà Picault replaces Luis Suárez.
- 84': Attempt missed. Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 85': Fafà Picault (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 85': Foul by Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew).
- 88': Attempt blocked. Jacen Russell-Rowe (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 88': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Maximiliano Falcón.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Amar Sejdic (Columbus Crew) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrés Herrera.
- 89': Goal! Inter Miami CF 5, Columbus Crew 1. Fafà Picault (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a through ball following a fast break.
- 90': Foul by Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew).
- 90': Noah Allen (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Ryan Sailor replaces Tadeo Allende.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Allen Obando replaces David Martínez.
- 90'+2': Andrés Herrera (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by Allen Obando (Inter Miami CF).
- 90'+2': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Fafà Picault.
- 90'+3': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Ryan Sailor.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Cesar Ruvalcaba (Columbus Crew) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 90'+3': Second Half ends, Inter Miami CF 5, Columbus Crew 1.
- 0': Match ends, Inter Miami CF 5, Columbus Crew 1.
Statistics
 CLB |
MIA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Fouls | 8 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 4 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 2 | Saves | 0 |
| 49.1 | Possession | 50.9 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.1 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 433 | Accurate Passes | 454 |
| 480 | Passes | 513 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 15 | Crosses | 1 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 24 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 13 | Accurate Long Balls | 38 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 11 | Tackles | 18 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 5 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 5 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Chase Stadium
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Attendance: 20,861
Venue: Chase Stadium
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Attendance: 20,861
MLS Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | +22 | 66 |
| 2 | FC Cincinnati | 34 | +12 | 65 |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | 34 | +26 | 65 |
| 4 | Charlotte FC | 34 | +9 | 59 |
Line-Ups
Inter Miami CF (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 19 | Oscar Ustari (GK) |
| 14 | Héctor Martínez  |
| 37 | Maximiliano Falcón |
| 32 | Noah Allen |
| 57 | Marcelo Weigandt |
| 5 | Sergio Busquets |
| 30 | Benjamin Cremaschi |
| 8 | Telasco Segovia |
| 21 | Tadeo Allende |
| 9 | Luis Suárez |
| 10 | Lionel Messi |
Columbus Crew (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholas Hagen (GK) |
| 21 | Yevhen Cheberko |
| 18 | Malte Amundsen |
| 31 | Steven Moreira |
| 7 | Dylan Chambost |
| 6 | Darlington Nagbe |
| 27 | Max Arfsten |
| 23 | Mohamed Farsi |
| 11 | Ibrahim Aliyu |
| 8 | Dániel Gazdag |
| 10 | Diego Rossi |
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