Lionel Messi, the Argentine striker of Inter Miami, continues to break records.
The star forward drew attention with his hat trick in 11 minutes in the last round of the MLS regular season, Idman.biz reports.
The first part with New England Revolution (6:2) ended 2:2 with Luis Suarez's double. After the break, Messi scored the last 3 goals in the 58th minute. The Argentinian, who scored 10 minutes after entering the field, made his hat-trick official in 11 minutes (78, 81, 89).
37-year-old forward also distinguished himself with a goal assist 15 seconds after entering the field. It is true that Jordi Alba gave the last pass to Benjamin Kremaski, who scored in the 58th minute. However, in MLS, the penultimate pass also counts if it plays an important role in the goal. As a result, Messi, who distinguished himself with 3+1 productivity in the match, signed a new record in the history of MLS. He went down in the history of the competition as the first player to score a 3+1 result in the championship.
Thanks to his goals, Lionel became the best scorer in the history of his team. Until now, the most distinguished footballer in the form of Inter Miami was the Ecuadorian Leonardo Campanu, who scored 32 goals in 98 matches. The Argentine world champion scored his 33rd goal in his 36th match. On the 3rd place in the list is Gonzalo Higuain, who has scored 29 goals in 70 matches, and on the 4th place is Luis Suarez, who has 24 goals in 34 games.
With the goals they scored in the last match, Messi and Suarez increased the number of goals in the current season to 20. They are behind only the top scorer of the championship - Christian Benteke, a Congolese-born Belgian forward who scored 23 goals for DC United.
With Messi and Suarez, Inter Miami finished the regular season in first place in the Eastern Conference with 74 points, which is a new record in MLS history.
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