Inter Miami CF vs. Orlando City | Leagues Cup | Messi CLUTCH Brace!

Miami will dominate possession.

They want to.

However, can they defend in transition?

Oscar Perea agrees with me.

Best attacking team he's had.

Can they do it again?

And clinch a spot in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Or will Lionel Messi and the Kings of Leagues Cup return to the final?

Winner tonight will be the first MLS team to guarantee themselves a spot in next year's CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Ojeda, a touch away from Lujan.

Ojeda near post.

Ustari makes the save.

...in the Club World Cup.

This gets a little lucky for Orlando City, but I love this from Ojeda.

Go to the near post and have one.

Ustari, 39 years old, but it's also all the little things he does very well helps his team.

DePaul from distance.

Galese pops it away.

and often but atuesta and araujo just split and now all of a sudden you can play into the feet of suarez and he lays it off for rodrigo de paul galese picked it up late rodriguez trying to bring it down muriel flicking it forward ojeda isolated with frey now in his face for the speedy ivana gula who's behind angulo one-on-one with ustari oh my goodness

he's done since he's been an 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 looking for his first goal in 2025 and it should have been there Orlando City Rodriguez turns to Paul comes forward

Suarez cuts inside.

Suarez!

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 to cut and quickly turn.

For the life of me, I saw contact, everyone else saw contact, and I think the fact that Messi wasn't gonna get to the ball impacted the decision, but that's a foul.

Angulo near post, Ustari quick to go down and make the save.

Now Ojeda, again on this left side that Orlando have been attacking in this first half.

Pasalic.

Pasalic!

Struck it well, but right into Starry.

DePaul, what a ball.

Jordi Alves settles.

Falcone!

Oh my goodness.

Not the guy they wanted on the end of that.

The center back puts it.

Pressure continuing from Orlando City.

Martín Ojeda into Muriel.

There will be a minimum one minute of added time as Muriel slides it through.

It falls and it's in!

It's Pasolich opening the scoring!

well the question is going to be whether or not the ball is cleared off the arm of Pasalic off of Falcone initially it looked like it hit the chest of Pasalic but I think it may have hit the left hand and then hits the chest of Pasalic but what a look from Muriel combinations free-flowing run

The deflection right there.

Does it hit the left hand of Pasilic off of Falcone right there?

Oh, my word.

I don't know if it's clear.

Jordi Alba isolated with Freeman on the ground.

Suarez takes a touch between the legs of Schlegel, and it hops up into Galese.

Right.

Jordi Alba.

Good ball in.

Oh, Suarez missed it.

Well, now Orlando City players are... Messi cuts it back on Gervais.

And then again, over to Jordi Alba.

Jordi Alba looking for a...

Yes!

And right again, absolutely.

Penalty given!

so the debate is going to be whether or not allende is holding completely flipped on its side well what breccolo's arguing is that allende is holding on to his arm and then goes down this from the spot facing pedro galese messi scores

Messi out wide, running at Marine.

Messi on his left, still Messi, slides it to De Paul, and Jordi Alba near post, off the post.

But he couldn't.

As this ball's played from De Paul, Freeman coming to the left side, forcing Jordi Alba to hit it at Galese.

That took away the cutback to Lionel Messi.

Watch the run from Messi.

How many times have we seen that ball cut back against the green?

Good defending from Alex Freeman and DePaul.

Right.

Messi popping it towards Jordi Alba.

Freeman had that cover.

Didn't get it clear, though.

Jordi Alba back to Scovia.

Messi settles.

Jordi Alba in.

Messi!

Mr. League's Cup does it again!

Miami are minutes away!

McGuire will get at least six minutes to try to change this game for Orlando City.

We're into added time.

Minimum six minutes shown.

And here we go.

Messi to DePaul.

Inter-Miami might just want to end it now.

Segovia cutting it back.

Segovia!

Suarez!

Segovia!

Segovia!

Game over!

Miami back in the lead!

For 75 minutes, it was dead in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

But in the blink of an eye... Lionel Messi shows up in this tournament on this stage.

They're back in the final.

Inter-Miami come from behind to take down their rival Orlando City.