Lionel Messi started quickly after returning from injury.
The star of Inter Miami returned by two weeks with an adductive tension on Saturday, spanning the match in the 55th minute against the Philadelphia Union. Two minutes later, he had his second goal from the MLS season.
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He did not make this difficult.
The goal turned out to be the difference for Herons because they won 2-1 after Messi's Go-Ahead score. Inter Miami had taken the lead at the start of the head thanks to Robert Taylor's strike in the 23rd minute. Daniel Gazdag de Philadelphia found the net in the 80th minute, but it would be for the union.
Messi had not played since March 16, after having undergone left adductive tension while missing a shot against the Atlanta United. He attended two international games for Argentina before returning on Saturday. Miami's head coach Javier Mascherano said Messi progressed well in the match, Via USA Today::
“He knows his body very well, and the reality is that he has gradually trained, and joined a few training sessions with the group. And today he will do the whole training session,” said Mascherano about Messi, his former teammate with Barcelona and Argentina.
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At 37, Messi begins his third MLS season and now has 23 career goals with the club in 28 games.
Inter Miami moved to the summit of the Eastern Conference with the victory and will then face the LAFC in the Concacaf Champions League in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
