Lionel Messi scored the first goal of the Inter Miami-FC Dallas round of 16 matchup. He scored just six minutes into the match, setting a new personal record in Leagues Cup 2023. Each and every match, Messi needs less and less time to find the back of the net. And with this goal, he’s the tournament’s leading goal scorer.
Leo continues to me the club’s primary player on the pitch. In all of the matches he’s started, he’s scored the first goal of the match. In the 4-0 draw against Atlanta United FC, he scored in the in the 8th minute off a rebound and then extended the lead in the 22nd minute.
In the round of 32 against Orlando City, where Gerardo "Tata" Martino's team won 3-1, Messi scored seven minutes into the match with help from Robert Taylor. He added another goal in the 72nd minute.
In his third game as a starter against FC Dallas, La Pulga needed one less minute to score. In the sixth minute, he took a shot from outside the area which the goalkeeper Maarten Paes could do nothing about.
Leo's debut at Inter Miami CF had been on Friday, July 21 against Cruz Azul, in which he came on in the 54th minute and in the 94th minute,, from a set piece, he scored his first goal and sealed the 2-1 win.
Messi has scored in all of the matches he’s played in, and has been the first scorer in all the matches he’s started. Six goals in four matches to be the leading scorer of Leagues Cup 2023.
