{"id":94227,"date":"2023-08-24T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T10:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T10:52:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T10:52:21","slug":"lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi scores penalty as Inter Miami win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130886267_tv087126112-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"_130886267_tv087126112\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lionel Messi has 10 goals from eight games for Inter Miami and converted his penalty as they won their second shootout in four days<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Inter Miami came back from 2-0 down to reach their second final since Lionel Messi joined the MLS side last month.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentina forward, 36, had two assists in a thrilling US Open Cup semi-final at FC Cincinnati, which ended 3-3 after extra time.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time Messi failed to score for Miami, in his eighth game for the club, but he converted his penalty as they won the shootout 5-4 in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Miami also beat Nashville on penalties to\u00a0win the Leagues Cup\u00a0on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>That was the club\u2019s first major honour since being formed as an expansion team in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>They will now make their first appearance in the final of the US Open Cup, America\u2019s oldest and most prestigious knockout football competition, which dates back to 1913.<\/p>\n<p>Miami will host the Houston Dynamo on 27 September after they beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 after extra-time.<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati were top of the MLS standings when the season was paused for the Leagues Cup in July while Miami were bottom.<\/p>\n<p>But Miami are unbeaten in eight games after signing Messi and his former Barcelona team-mates Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati led 2-0 with 22 minutes remaining after goals by Luciano Acosta and Brandon Vazquez before Messi twice crossed for Ecuadorian striker Leonardo Campana to score with headers \u2013 the equaliser coming deep into stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p>Josef Martinez put Gerardo Martino\u2019s Miami side in front early in extra time from a Benjamin Cremaschi pass, before Yuya Kubo made it 3-3 on 114 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>With the shootout level at 4-4, Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender saved Nick Hagglund\u2019s penalty before Miami-born Cremaschi, 18, converted the decisive spot-kick.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"R-eG28ZragQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Railway: Workers\u2019 union rallies Gov\u2019t to crisis meeting to save once-flourishing industry (23-8-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-eG28ZragQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi has 10 goals from eight games for Inter Miami and converted his penalty as they won their second shootout in four days Inter Miami came back from 2-0 down to reach their second final since Lionel Messi joined the MLS side last month. The Argentina forward, 36, had two assists in a thrilling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lionel Messi scores penalty as Inter Miami win - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lionel Messi scores penalty as Inter Miami win - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lionel Messi has 10 goals from eight games for Inter Miami and converted his penalty as they won their second shootout in four days Inter Miami came back from 2-0 down to reach their second final since Lionel Messi joined the MLS side last month. The Argentina forward, 36, had two assists in a thrilling [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-24T10:52:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130886267_tv087126112.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/\",\"name\":\"Lionel Messi scores penalty as Inter Miami win - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130886267_tv087126112.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-24T10:52:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-24T10:52:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130886267_tv087126112.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130886267_tv087126112.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lionel Messi scores penalty as Inter Miami win\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lionel Messi scores penalty as Inter Miami win - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lionel Messi scores penalty as Inter Miami win - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Lionel Messi has 10 goals from eight games for Inter Miami and converted his penalty as they won their second shootout in four days Inter Miami came back from 2-0 down to reach their second final since Lionel Messi joined the MLS side last month. The Argentina forward, 36, had two assists in a thrilling [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-08-24T10:52:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130886267_tv087126112.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/","name":"Lionel Messi scores penalty as Inter Miami win - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130886267_tv087126112.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-24T10:52:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-24T10:52:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130886267_tv087126112.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/130886267_tv087126112.jpg","width":800,"height":450},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/24\/lionel-messi-scores-penalty-as-inter-miami-win\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lionel Messi scores penalty as Inter Miami win"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}