LIONEL MESSI scored twice to help Inter Miami to a 4-1 win against host CF Montreal on Saturday.
Miami (9-3-5, 32 points), playing its first Major League Soccer (MLS) match in over a month, has won three straight.
Prince Owusu scored the lone goal for Montreal (3-13-5, 14 points), which had won two of its previous three.
Owusu gave Montreal a 1-0 lead in the second minute. Messi missed on a pass attempt and an uncovered Owusu collected the ball at the top of the box before putting a strike through goalkeeper Oscar Ustari’s legs into the back of the net.
Miami went more than 10 minutes before registering its first shot attempt, but once it finally did, it couldn’t beat Montreal’s Jonathan Sirois. He got his hands up to deny the visitors off a corner in the 13th minute and two minutes later got his fingertips on a Jordi Alba chance to send it off the right post and out.
In the 20th minute, Sirois came off his line to the penalty area and slid to deny Tadeo Allende of a quality opportunity, and in the 27th minute came out to the top of the box to steal a chance from Telasco Segovia. — Reuters
