Lionel Messi scored twice to help Inter Miami in a 4-1 victory against the host CF Montreal on Saturday.
Miami (9-3-5, 32 points), playing his first MLS match in more than a month, won three games in a row.
Prince Owusu scored the only goal in Montreal (3-13-5, 14 points), which won two of his previous three.
Owusu gave Montreal an advance from 1-0 to the second minute. Messi missed a pass attempt and an discovered Owusu recovered the ball at the top of the box before putting a strike by goalkeeper Oscar Ustari in the back of the net.
Miami went more than 10 minutes before recording his first shooting attempt, but once he did it, he could not beat Jonathan Sirois in Montreal. He put his hands to refuse visitors a corner in the 13th minute and two minutes later, he obtained his fingertips on a
Jordi Alba is fortunate to send him to the right post and outside.
In the 20th minute, Sirois came out of his line in the penalty zone and slipped to deny Tadeo Allende of a quality opportunity, and at the 27th minute came out at the top of the box to steal a chance from Telasco Segovia.
Miami finally pierced in the 33rd minute. Messi nourished off go outside the top right of the box, and Allende made some progress before shooting a dart in the net to attach it 1-1.
Messi then put Miami forward 2-1 in the 40th minute. Going up on the right side, the Argentinian cut inside the middle of the box and completed a low blow in the most distant corner.
Segovia succeeded 3-1 in the 60th minute when he shot from the outside of the box which touched the underside of the transverse bar and landed in the cage.
Messi added his second in the match two minutes later. He took the ball near the midfielder to the inside of the box, where he briefly lost possession. But Montreal could not correct the loose ball, and Messi recovered it for a high shot in the net.
– field level media