Messi scores 900th as Nashville knocks out Miami

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Match coverage from Concacaf, Inter Miami CF, Nashville SC, The Guardian, Fox Sports, and ESPN 690 describes Lionel Messi’s milestone 900th career goal in a Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 match that ended with Nashville SC advancing on away goals. Each of the bullet points immediately below have been confirmed by at least four of the six respected sources we curated on this story.

• Lionel Messi scored his 900th career goal for Inter Miami CF during the second leg of the clubs’ Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 series against Nashville SC.
• Messi’s goal put Inter Miami ahead early, and Nashville later equalized to finish the match as a 1-1 draw.
• With the first leg ending scoreless, the two-leg series finished level on aggregate, and Nashville SC advanced on the away-goals tiebreaker.
• Cristian Espinoza scored Nashville’s equalizer that decided the series and sent the club into the quarterfinals.
• The match was played in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at Inter Miami’s home stadium.
• The result ended Inter Miami’s run in the Concacaf Champions Cup for this season.

Additional Details Reported

Several match reports describe Messi’s finish as a low, left-footed strike after he received the ball in the penalty area, while Nashville’s equalizer came from a sequence that left Espinoza with a chance to finish from close range.

Club accounts from both teams describe the tie as a hard-fought series that included a scoreless first leg and a second leg played in rainy conditions in South Florida.

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