Inter Miami-LA Galaxy live score: Messi stats, updates, highlights
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Lionel Messi has been relatively quiet in the first half, but Sunday’s night match between Inter Miami visits the Los Angeles Galaxy has gotten off to a fiery start to wrap the first weekend of the 2024 MLS season.
Galaxy stars Riqui Puig and Joseph Paintsil have fired strikes toward Inter Miami’s net, but goalie Drake Callendar has been the player of the match so far.
Callendar has three early saves, as Inter Miami and L.A. Galaxy enter halftime tied 0-0. The match is being streamed on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Messi had one kick toward the net but didn’t get enough of the shot during the first half. He nearly set up Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez for an opportunity just before the halftime whistle. But Suarez wasn’t ready for the shot on goal, and Alba was ruled offside.
The Galaxy has dominated possession early, but Callendar has kept Inter Miami in this match heading into the second half.
As MLS begins its 29th season, Messi continues to be the biggest draw since joining Inter Miami last summer. He also eclipsed 500 million followers on Instagram this weekend, as one of the most followed on the social media app.
Messi and Galaxy’s Edwin Cerrillo exchanged a series of words with each other in the 35th minute.
It caused Luis Suarez to come over and intervene, but pushing Cerrillo away.
Messi and Cerrillo continued to chirp after the sequence as tensions flare in Los Angeles.
Messi took his first attempt at a kick toward the net, but he didn’t get enough of it in the 30th minute.
Messi took the ball off a deflection, and it was secured by the Galaxy goalie John McCarthy.
L.A. Galaxy’s Riqui Puig had a wicked strike that was blocked by Inter Miami goalie Drake Callendar in the 28th minute.
Callendar has been the best player on the field so far for Inter Miami.
LA Galaxy’s Joseph Paintsil had his shot on goal blocked by Inter Miami goalie Drake Callendar in the 25th minute. The Galaxy have dominated the early minutes against Inter Miami.
Yoshida’s header is wide after a free kick opportunity by LA Galaxy in the 23rd minute.
No player has struggled early in this match than Inter Miami’s Sergio Busquets, who was given a yellow card for tripping Joseph Paintsil.
The Galaxy had a chance to take an early lead, but Inter Miami stopped all of that.
Inter Miami goalie Drake Callendar blocked Riqui Puig’s penalty kick in the 12th minute to keep the game tied at 0.
Inter Miami’s Sergio Busquets pulled the shoulder of Galaxy’s Joseph Paintsil to cause the foul.
L.A. Galaxy star Riqui Puig was called for a foul on a tackle of Inter Miami’s Sergio Busquets in the opening minutes, but it appeared to be a clean takeaway.
The backup referees…
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