{"id":385147,"date":"2026-08-30T08:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385147\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:06:09","slug":"messi-scores-four-goals-inspires-inter-miami-to-7-1-win-over-montreal-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385147\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi scores four goals, inspires Inter Miami to 7-1 win over Montreal | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Lionel Messi\u2019s four goals help Miami snap a five-match winless run and take his season MLS tally to 18 goals.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 30 Aug 202630 Aug 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"tr-story-p1\">Inter Miami interim coach Guillermo Hoyos ran out of superlatives for Lionel Messi after the Argentinian playmaker scored four goals in a Major League Soccer (MLS) match for the first time in his career to inspire a 7-1 thrashing of CF Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Messi\u2019s four-goal haul and an assist on Saturday came at a crucial time for Miami, helping them snap a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/8\/20\/lionel-messi-scores-first-goal-for-inter-miami-since-fathers-death\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">five-game winless run<\/a> across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/8\/22\/messi-fined-for-striking-opponent-in-inter-miami-mls-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">39-year-old<\/a> restored Miami\u2019s advantage shortly before half-time, struck again in the 52nd minute, completed his hat-trick in the 83rd and capped his dazzling display with a free kick in stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p>The former Barcelona forward now tops the MLS scoring charts with 18 goals this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no words to describe such footballing beauty,\u201d Argentinian Hoyos said. \u201cSo much is going on that words simply fall short.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is constantly looking for that goal, that play, that pass; I don\u2019t think he\u2019s an ordinary footballer. Analysing him, both as a player and as a person, goes so deep that you run out of words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Messi, who won the 2022 World Cup, also captained Argentina to this year\u2019s World Cup final, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/7\/19\/spain-battle-past-10-man-argentina-1-0-in-extra-time-to-win-2026-world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they lost to Spain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what it means to have Messi on the team,\u201d Miami midfielder Casemiro told Apple TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to enjoy these moments because he is a person, a player that makes history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casemiro, 34, joined Miami in July after his contract expired at Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian and Messi spent years on opposite sides of one of football\u2019s fiercest rivalries, with Casemiro starring for Real Madrid and Messi for Barcelona, but are now teammates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw today that we have to enjoy it, keep supporting and keep competing with him because he continues to be the best,\u201d Casemiro added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe proved it in the World Cup. We have to enjoy it because, with him, we are so much stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi\u2019s four goals help Miami snap a five-match winless run and take his season MLS tally to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[57,123,125,124,197,4571],"class_list":["post-385147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-football","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-sport","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}