Argentine star Lionel Messi scored a brace, and led his team «Inter Miami» to its first victory this season, by turning the tables on its host «Orlando City» and turning a 0-2 deficit into a 4-2 victory in the «Florida derby», on Sunday, in the second round of the «NFL». It seemed that Miami was on its way to its second loss in a row after the humiliating first against its host «Los Angeles FC» 0-3 in its opening match, last week, after Orlando imposed its control and took a two-goal lead in the first half in front of its fans. Croatian international winger Marko Pasalic opened the scoring 18 minutes later, when he followed up a cross from Colombian Ivan Angulo with a low shot, taking advantage of «Miami» losing the ball in midfield. Orlando added the second goal after 6 minutes, following a strong start from right-back Griffin Dorsey, which he ended by passing the ball to Argentine Martin Ojeda, who put it into the net. «Miami» tried to respond, and both Messi and his compatriot Rodrigo De Paul came close to reducing the difference in the middle of the first half. And he paid...From reducing the difference in the middle of the first half. De Paul shot a powerful ball from afar in the 28th minute, but it was blocked by Canadian international goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau, before the latter succeeded in blocking a dangerous attempt from Messi inside the area moments later. The course of the match changed completely after the break, as Argentine substitute Matteo Silvetti «Miami» gave a dose of hope with a rocket shot from 25 yards in the 49th minute. Messi equalized 8 minutes later, when he received the ball at the edge of the area and fired it with a powerful shot with his left foot that went past Krepo, then the Argentine star played a pivotal role in the 3-2 lead goal in the 85th minute, after passing a perfect ball that Venezuelan Telasco Segovia finished into the goal. Messi put his seal on the uprising in the 90th minute, when he executed a low free kick that surprised Crepeau and landed in the net.
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