{"id":857104,"date":"2026-08-16T08:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/857104\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T08:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:30:11","slug":"lionel-messi-misses-penalty-as-nashville-thrash-inter-miami-in-mls-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/857104\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi misses penalty as Nashville thrash Inter Miami in MLS | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Messi\u2019s record from the penalty spot is poor by his sky-high standards, including missing twice during the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Published On 16 Aug 202616 Aug 2026<\/p>\n

Forward Lionel Messi missed yet another penalty and was booked as Inter Miami suffered a 4-1 defeat at Nashville in a top-of-the-table Major League Soccer clash on Saturday.<\/p>\n

England\u2019s Sam Surridge and Germany\u2019s Hany Mukhtar scored second-half goals for the hosts, Nashville, in a showdown between the MLS overall leaders.<\/p>\n

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Argentina and Miami captain Messi was denied from the penalty spot in the first half and was issued a yellow card in the 59th minute but also assisted Miami\u2019s lone goal, scored by Telasco Segovia.<\/p>\n

Messi, the 2022 World Cup winner, struck both posts in second-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n

Nashville lead MLS with 43 points and a record of 13-2 with four drawn, while Inter Miami are second on 38 points.<\/p>\n

Nashville had already knocked Miami out of this year\u2019s CONCACAF Champions Cup<\/a> in the round of 16.<\/p>\n

Defending MLS champions Miami, who had been a league-best 8-1-1 on the road, saw a seven-match undefeated MLS run snapped as Nashville remained unbeaten at home in the MLS campaign.<\/p>\n

Honduran defender Andy Najar scored with a header in the 17th minute to give Nashville a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Miami had a chance to equalise with a Messi penalty kick in the 23rd minute, but Nashville goalkeeper Brian Schwake saved his weak effort.<\/p>\n

\"NASHVILLE,Lionel Messi, left, of Inter Miami is challenged by Jeisson Palacios and Maxwell Woledzi of Nashville [Carly Mackler\/Getty via AFP]<\/p>\n

Messi\u2019s recent record from the penalty spot is poor by his sky-high standards, including missing twice at the FIFA World Cup 2026.<\/p>\n

The visitors netted the equaliser three minutes into first-half stoppage time when Venezuelan Segovia blasted in a right-footed shot off an assist by Messi.<\/p>\n

Mukhtar, the 2022 MLS Most Valuable Player, put Nashville back in front in the 49th minute.<\/p>\n

Surridge gave Nashville a 3-1 lead, and Mukhtar added his second in the 63rd for extra insurance as the hosts pulled away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Messi\u2019s record from the penalty spot is poor by his sky-high standards, including missing twice during the 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,44,588,85,1055,6075],"class_list":["post-857104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}