Lionel Messi won the MLS Golden Boot award, scoring 29 goals in 28 matches.
Messi scored a hat trick and had one assist for Inter Miami in their 5-2 win against Nashville, bringing him to 29 league goals. He finished the MLS regular season with 29 goals, the most in the league to win the MLS Golden Boot award.
The 38 year old finishes with 29 goals and 19 assists.
Lionel Messi scored a hat trick and had an assist for Inter Miami in their 5-2 win against Nashville.
Messi had three goals and an assist to end the regular season with Inter Miami. With the score at 0-0, Messi chested the ball down, turned and dribbled his marker, scoring from outside of the penalty area to give Inter Miami the 1-0 lead.
Nashville would score twice and take a 2-1 lead but Inter Miami were awarded a penalty kick for a handball. The 38 year old would take it and he would score his second goal of the match to draw Inter Miami level.
With Inter Miami leading 3-2, Messi would play a one-two with Luis Suarez and the Argentine would score his third goal of the match. Messi would also get an assist a goal by Baltasar Rodriguez.
The Argentine finishes the regular season with 29 goals for Inter Miami.
Thiago Almada marked his return for Atlético Madrid with the winning goal in a 1–0 victory over Osasuna on Matchday 9 of La Liga. The Argentine midfielder came back after missing seven games due to a right leg muscle injury.
Before the match, coach Diego Simeone said: “He’s a player with a special understanding of the game — those passes only a few can see. We need a lot from him, whether he plays ten, ninety, sixty, or five minutes.”
A full Argentine connection led to the goal: Giuliano Simeone made a strong run down the right and sent a precise cut-back into the box, where Thiago Almada met it first-time, guiding the ball cleanly into the back of the net to give Atlético a 1–0 lead.
The former Botafogo and Olympique Lyon player made his fourth appearance for Atlético and scored his first goal for the club — the 56th of his professional career.
Julián Álvarez also started for Diego Simeone’s team.
Lionel Messi leads the race to win the MLS Golden Boot.
Messi could win the MLS Golden Boot award. With the MLS final match day taking place on Saturday, Messi is presently the league’s top scorer with 26 goals.
The Argentine has 26 goals in 27 league matches with Inter Miami. Denis Bouanga of Los Angeles FC has 24 goals in 30 matches while Sam Surridge of Nashville has 23 goals in 33 matches.
Inter Miami play Nashville on Saturday while LAFC play against Colorado.
Joaquín Panichelli scored twice and Valentín Barco had an assist for Strasbourg in their 3-3 draw against Paris Saint-Germain.
Panichelli made it seven goals in eight league matches with Strasbourg. With Paris Saint-Germain leading 1-0, it was a cross into the penalty area which found Panichelli and he scored a header to draw Strasbourg level.
With the score at 1-1, Valentín Barco chipped the ball to Diego Moreira and he scored to give Strasbourg the 2-1 lead. That was Barco’s second assist in two matches.
At 2-1, Panichelli would receive the ball inside the penalty area and he would score his second goal of the match to give Strasbourg the 3-1 lead.
Paris Saint-Germain would score two more goals for the 3-3 draw.
