In the first leg, Inter Miami lost 1-2 to Monterrey, but in the second leg with the return of Messi, the team chaired and co-owned by former famous player David Beckham hopes to turn the tables. reached the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Besides Messi’s return, Inter Miami’s starting lineup is full of top stars such as Busquets, Alba and Suarez. In addition, the midfield duo Diego Gomez and Julian Gressel, and rookie defender Marcelo Weigandt all started from the start.

With the strongest squad, Inter Miami tightly controlled the match, before creating opportunities with Messi at the helm after about 30 minutes of play with no small hope of soon scoring a goal to turn the tide.

However, just as the opportunity increased, Inter Miami suddenly received a painful defeat from goalkeeper Callender’s unbelievable mistake when he passed the ball straight into the feet of player Brandon Vazquez, helping this player easily score the opening goal. 1-0 for Monterrey in the 31st minute.

Receiving a shocking defeat, Messi and his teammates tried their best to find a goal in the first half to revive hope. However, Suarez’s goal at the end of the first half was not recognized due to offside.

In the second half, all hopes of Inter Miami gradually faded when Berterame and Gallardo consecutively scored two more goals in the 58th and 64th minutes to help Monterrey increase the gap to 3-0.

The score difference was too big, Messi and his teammates had to sadly lose. Inter Miami’s efforts could only shorten the score to 1-3 by Diego Gomez scoring in the 86th minute, after only playing with 10 people due to defender Alba receiving 2 yellow cards and leaving the field in the 78th minute.

Ending their hopes of winning the CONCACAF Champions Cup, Messi and his Inter Miami teammates only have hope in the race to win the MLS and Leagues Cup in the 2024 season.