"Nashville snapped a two-and-a-half-year winless streak against Lionel Messi's Inter Miami and forced a decisive Game 3. An 89th-minute goal from Lionel Messi was too little, too late as Nashville SC defeated Inter Miami 2-1 on Saturday to stay alive in their Major League Soccer (MLS) Cup round one playoff series. It was Nashville's first win over Inter Miami since May 2023, snapping a 10-match winless streak."
"First-half goals from Sam Surridge and Josh Bauer put Nashville in control at a rainy Geodis Park in Tennessee, and the Miami side, led by Argentinian superstar Messi, could not find a way to respond. Surridge converted a penalty in the ninth minute to put the hosts on top, slotting a low shot to the right of diving Miami goalkeeper Rocco Rios Novo. Nashville were awarded the spot kick after Rios Novo hesitated coming off his line against a charging Surridge."
"Miami opened the second half in determined style, but Luis Suarez's close-range shot in the 66th minute was parried by Nashville goalkeeper Joe Willis. Miami regained control of the ball, but Ian Fray's quick attempt from inside the area was blocked. Messi stepped it up in the waning minutes, his awkwardly angled shot from the right in the 85th minute blocked, and a blast from the centre of the box saved in the 86th before he found the back of the net in the 89th."
Nashville SC beat Inter Miami 2-1 to force a decisive Game 3 in the MLS Cup first-round playoffs. Sam Surridge scored a ninth-minute penalty after goalkeeper Rocco Rios Novo hesitated, and Josh Bauer converted a left-footed finish from a Hany Mukhtar corner on the stroke of half-time. Miami applied pressure after the break with Luis Suarez denied by Joe Willis and Ian Fray blocked, before Lionel Messi scored in the 89th minute with a left-footed shot into the top right corner. The win ended Nashville's two-and-a-half-year, 10-match winless run against Inter Miami. Miami had won Game 1, 3-1, and will host the decisive Game 3.
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