Messi scored 2 goals and 1 assist, leading the team into the second round of the playoffs! A record in the history of Inter Miami!

November 9th. Inter Miami defeated Nashville 4-0 and eliminated its opponent with a total score of 2-1 to advance to the second round of the playoffs. Messi scored 2 goals and 1 assist, with a full score of 10. His number of full 10 points is the only one in history. Suarez was suspended before the game. This is another record in team history created by Messi for Inter Miami.

Before Messi joined, Inter Miami was at the bottom of the league. After Messi joined, Inter Miami won the first championship in team history that season. The next season, it broke the record in points and won the regular season championship. He himself won the MVP. In the third season, Messi was the league's golden boot and assists leader. Messi also activated his 400th career assist.

Looking back at Messi's journey after joining Inter Miami, it is a miraculous epic that transformed the bottom team into a championship team. When he joined in 2023, Inter Miami was still an underdog at the bottom of the league and had never made it to the playoffs, let alone played in the American Champions League and Club World Cup. Messi's arrival immediately changed the team's destiny - he won the first UEFA Cup championship in team history that season; in 2024, he led the team to win the Supporters' Shield (regular season championship), and was personally awarded the MVP; entering 2025, the 35-year-old Messi not only did not decline in form, but also ushered in... With a new outbreak, as the league's golden boot and assist leader, he led the team to achieve historic breakthroughs in multi-line operations: reaching the top 16 of the Club World Cup, advancing to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Champions League, and advancing to the second round of the playoffs. These achievements are the best records in the history of this young team and even the MLS.

Messi's form this season is terrifying. He contributed 44 goals and 21 assists in 50 games throughout the year. In the 10 games against Nashville, he scored in 9 games, totaling 15 goals and 4 assists. From Barcelona to Miami, from Europe to America, in any game around the world, Messi has used his strength to prove that he is still the player who can determine the direction of the game.

Now Inter Miami will face Cincinnati in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Under the leadership of Messi, this once underdog team is constantly breaking through the limits, and Messi himself is also continuing to expand his already brilliant career in the United States. In his first season after joining, Messi led the team to defeat Cincinnati FC, then the league's number one, in the US Open Cup semi-finals. He assisted and scored twice.