Messi Hat-Trick 💥 Inter Miami vs Barcelona SC 4-0 - All Goals & Highlights - 2026

Two in-state rivals and the video assistant referee Armando Villarreal, very experienced in his own right, the referee for the 2023 and 2021 MLS Cups. Enter Miami without their head coach on the touchline today, Javier Mascherano suspended after a red card against Tigres in the quarterfinal. He has to watch the game from the suite. He will be able to communicate with the bench that is allowed. League's Cup talked with CONCACAF, they talked with the FIFA referee group about this decision. Everybody's aware, Orlando, even the other semifinal clubs. And Messi returning to the pitch for Inter Miami after missing the last two. Luis Muriel and Orlando have just been fantastic against Inter Miami this season. Can they beat Inter Miami for a third time and clinch a spot in the CONCACAF Champions Cup? Or will Lionel Messi and the Kings of League? In three seasons here on Apple TV was brilliant, it was full of angst. To Orlando City, what adjustments do you think may be made? Less play but that was a heavily rotated team before that, an eight game unbeaten streak. That was to the near post and Jansen sweeps away. Full at DC, Messi out to DePaul. Suarez in the beginning of last season and so I think that's part of the reason why the float around Lionel Messi. When Messi's inside, he's going to be outside when Meshan and in the final third. Alex Freeman, decent crossover, freshly partially to come close and now drives it in towards beat Miami for the third time in a row. Lujan Messi decide for a third straight cross. He'll keep this one on the ground, try to get around Falcao. Ojeda will curl it, nobody making the run, it'll go all the way through on their terms. Asilic leaves for Muriel, the cross took a deflect. Incompetency with the ball at their feet because of their center back and Busquets gives it away. DePaul doing enough, slides it forward for Ojeda into the middle. Oh, Muriel just missed. DePaul's got space. DePaul looking for the far post. About a foot wide. Sloppy from Mangulo, he does a great job of beating his initial defender but then you can't lose possession and then over to Jordi Alba. Jordi Alba looking for Allende. So the debate is going to be whether Messi scores. Second life because Allende was very cheeky, got in behind Breckelo, put him in a bad spot and the referee rightfully. Breckelo and he does. Frey has Suarez in the middle on a heavy touch maybe. Now Freeman trying to get tricked. Ojeda, a touch away from Lujan. Ojeda near post. Made the way down from Orlando as Ojeda sends it in. Gets around Breit to Muriel. Muriel shifts it. Rodriguez to Suarez. I've seen under Oscar Perea. Schlegel heads it. Breckelo. He's in the 11 for Inter Miami but he's pretty good when the team isn't. Well to keep it from Suarez but Rodriguez, Jordi Alba combined to win it back for Miami. Mangulo. It's like the ball kind of got caught up in the wind. To Breckelo, comes back to Mangulo. Ojeda tried to leave for Muriel. Suarez. Freeman tries to cut inside around Rodriguez. Then they've got a whole different issue. Freeman trying to get as it can to be determined before this game what he can and cannot do. Gets there before Arrujo. Messi under pressure. All of a sudden the emotions picked up and here we go. Little reckless from Inter Miami wasn't it? Orlando City had two players. Into Messi. Brusquets leaves for Messi. Opening goal of their game a few months ago here in try over the top. It was the first of a three nothing win but now here's Miami. Messi trying to. They were arguing a call on one end. Orlando. Just play the first ball out of pressure and then look for that ball and find Muriel. The problem is Muriel had so much success. Helps his team. DePaul from distance. Ends away. Muriel three goals. It's what he's done since he's been in MLS for Orlando City. All of the little things. Press, chase, fight but also get into the final third. Coming off the last two seasons he has scored 11 goals still. Blocked by Pashulich. Rodriguez trying to bring it down. Now here coming to Miami. 34 straight games without scoring. On the other hand there's part of me that thinks why not? Fingernails left because this is nervy times for Inter Miami. Brusquets back to Jordi Alba too far. Scoreless 25 minutes into this League's Cup semi-final. Of Inter Miami struggled August 10th and they've struggled 27th. Tackle one. This is where Orlando City is different than Jordi Alba one-on-one. And then he drives it. Diagonal freight game. Too far and Galese. Junior and the Braves roll into town to face Bryce Harper and the Phillies. Champions Cup. Messi into Rodriguez. Brusquets was trying to get it back to Messi who has gone. Desi comes forward and is dispossessed but might still be there for Inter Miami. He's under pressure and the ball was out in front of him. Great turn of pace. Into space for Muriel. He just couldn't get enough on the pass. I think if I'm going to be. Since Lionel Messi joined it had been Inter Miami that have had the bigger. Suarez cuts inside. Suarez! About a foot wide for the second time tonight Inter Miami just missing that far post. And how many times has Javier Mascherano seen this from Luis Suarez? As his time as his teammate and now as his manager. 38 years old operating on barely one leg but the ability. Freight. Here's Messi. He does like to play Orlando. This rivalry could use a little Messi and Disney no? Rodriguez skips around Schlegel. Cuts it back. It was deflected. Ball impacted the decision but that's a foul. Aguilo near. Brusquets clips it in. Nobody got it wrong. About a foot away from each. But how good was the energy that. Muriel just touching it around Brusquets. Tried to get it over to Ojeda and it's. Down there attacking left side and where is that behind Jake? Muriel isolated with Falcone instead. It's over to Pasterly. Chewy tried it first. Going for it. Galese punches away. Ojeda left it to a really. Making the run. It makes it 12. Into DePaul. And into Miami. Hansen didn't take it out of the air. He let Suarez get a touch. Space. Has Muriel on his left. Frey goes in. Top field. Keeps it away. From out to Westa. Try to get it through for Frey. Game for into Miami. Here's Alex Freeman into Muriel. Try to touch it. But he's saying tackle Angulo. Don't get in the space. Suarez Oh my goodness. Jordy Alba floating it in. Recolo heads away. Gets it back from Ojeda. To DePaul. Rodriguez is in. Oh so. Alba gets a flick to that. Alex Freeman. He's gonna let that run out. It will be a D. Leading into Miami 1-0 Orlando City in the purple. Into Miami in the pink. To qualify for next year's CONCACAF Champions Cup. That's a giveaway of Emmy this year. And they lead him in. Muriel at that run. Ojeda tried to get it over to Freeman. I'm just worried about bringing themselves back level. 4-1 in favor of Orlando. They scored two goals in the first 13 minutes of the Seaside Owls. Jordy Alba in. Messi! There could be a hundred people inside the 18-yard box of the opposition and it won't matter. Lionel Messi and Jordy Alba are just gonna tiki-tac that right around you. Times at Barcelona. Jordy Alba clipping it towards Messi out to Weston. Flicking it forward. Baltasar Rodriguez tries to get around Schlegel. Related with Freeman on the ground. Suarez takes a touch. Into the far post. Just one in the wall. Messi will drive this into the area. Through for Breit. Breit drives across. Levens from both inter-Miami and Orlando City. Over to Helm. Ankudu cuts inside. Heavy touch. Suarez play continues. Jordy Alba looking for Messi. Cleared away by Miami on the front foot and now the corner. Messi drives in. Muriel. Still Ian Frey. Floats it off of Breck Puskulic. Send to midfield. Muriel. Clipping it towards Breit. Breit knocks it across. Jansen. With Muriel in the middle. Angulo Arabu-Skensi goes to Paul. Floating. Cutting it back. Messi. His shot was blocked. Paul. Messi. Broken up. Good ball in. Oh Suarez missed it. Field. Feel like they should have had a penalty but now it's Rodriguez for Miami coming into the area. DePaul slides through. He's looking for Puskulic. Broking Orlando City. Just converging on Lionel Messi and once again his shot was still on it. Messi. Spinning. Messi. 15 matches up into this point. The winners of the 2023. Penalty against Toluca coming on as a substitute in the League's Cup quarterfinals. Under pressure from Breccolo who goes down. The eventual champs in a wonderful game. Jordy Alba into Messi. Back to Breit. Making out of this pressure well but then the heavy touch from yellow card in this semi-final. Puskulic trying to cut in. Jordy Alba. Galassi. Aggressive off his line. Bugs off Ojeda. Looks for Allende. Freeman had her only as far as Suarez. It was a lengthy check from the video assistant referee but ultimately the goal. Marco Puskulic. Just before halftime. Back to Messi. Messi's going to carry forward. Allende. Messi is down. Free kick coming for into Miami. Messi over the bar. Couldn't get it down. He's a little frustrated with himself because that's the distance where he can get it up over the wall but the wall did a good job of being really. Suarez. For 75 minutes it was dead in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but in the blink of an eye they brought it to life. Exquisite quality. Technique. Vision. All of it. He has options. He sets up Messi. Lionel Messi scores his second. This far more glorious than the first. The Miami runaway. Like I'm not sure if I said it but you don't want this inter-Miami team to start having fun.