Lionel Messi Is Back In Great Form After Injury!

Welcome back to Chase Stadium and the fans were chanting in the first half weren't they? They're gonna get the wish. We were told maybe 15 or 20. That's been amplified to 45. Lionel Messi will come on and have time for it to Miami and try to turn this game around. What will the response be from this man? Lionel Messi trying to weave through. He's fouled. Alba's actually going to play the more advanced role here. Messi. Ruiz and Messi. Messi! How many chances are you going to give? The greatest of all time. Two skets. Messi. How are they going to defend this man as well? Messi. Still going. Still going. Messi. Messi. Messi. Is this a chance for Miami before halftime? All around a couple. Messi. Nice ball forward. Messi gets it back. Now he's in stride. It's almost with one goal in this competition. It comes in. It's headed in. There's one back for Inter-Miami. They haven't had many chances tonight. They'll take this one. Diego Gomez scores. Good ball forward. Messi takes it off him. Those skets will slow things down here for Inter-Miami. A lay it off for Messi. He looks to play it in behind. It's Jordi. Big Western Conference matchups. Ball in behind. Real opportunity again. Inter-Miami wins it 2-1 after 90 shots. This in eight games. All competitions this year. Here comes Miami again. For Messi. Now the help comes from Yapi. Messi. Back to Busquets. Busquets back in over the top for Messi. Messi. Still has it. Supposed to go through two. Messi quick feed again. Allen for Messi. He's hearing it from the crowd early on. It's brilliant from Busquets. Here they come again. Jordi Alves. Walls. Left it for Messi. And right it to Milian. Had to lean a little bit to his right but he holds on and makes the save. Oh lovely football. Busquets. Lovely movement as well. Borjolin. Central. Messi. Messi. Big save. Everybody on their feet at Arrowhead. Messi. Just wide with Milian sprawling to his left. 72,000 in the building. 68,000 iPhones taking a live picture. Good run forward from Negri. The fullback. The cross in. Messi takes it in stride. In off the post. You just knew it would happen. The minute he set foot on the field. The atmosphere changed inside the stadium. And the complexion in his match has been turned on its head by the greatest. Lionel Messi. There's just no replacing quality. No replacing quality. Messi. On the turn. Faces up. Woken up by Bresl. Now Messi. Heavy pressure from Radoya who brings it in. For Messi. And now Sergio Busquets. Get off of Lionel Messi. And then he gave it away. Messi. Delivered. The freada. And Stefan saves it but he spilled it. Still a chance. Suarez did not get on the score sheet. And Alba slipped down again. Black stays down for now. Suarez. He scores. And will this count? It will not. Against Messi. Busquets leaves it for Messi. Sending it over to Jordi Alba. Well the win probability at the start. Heavily in favor of Miami. That of course changes with And it's saved by Andrada but the flag is up. Midfield. Villa's got a touch to it. Now it's Bresl. By into Miami. Messi. Ahead goal. Back for Messi. Turns. Creates a yard on his right. Back to his left. Little chip in behind. Afonso going for it again. It's champagne football from into Miami. This is just silly. The ability to do so. Gotta smash them. He's good. He's really good at doing the little things. Suarez. It's Messi. Running in with Doria. Over to Caruso. Again in possession. Lionel Messi driving forward. Options out wide. Plays that ball. Ruiz pulls it back. What a moment for him. But again it's Lionel Messi at the heart of it. That's into Miami. You give a save away with Valtterre coming forward for Messi. And Messi. Messi. Towards Alba. Alba. Gets it back. Another pitching game. And this time with the ball. There's no room for this. Nobody wants this.