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05/03 22:11 CDT Picault, Surez, Messi score goals to help Inter Miami beat Red
Bulls 4-1
Picault, Surez, Messi score goals to help Inter Miami beat Red Bulls 4-1
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) --- Lionel Messi had a goal and an assist, Faf
Picault scored a goal for the second consecutive game and Inter Miami beat the
New York Red Bulls 4-1 on Saturday night.
Inter Miami (6-1-3) rebounded from a 4-3 loss to Dallas that snapped its
eight-game unbeaten streak to open the season.
Messi capped the scoring in the 67th minute. After four consecutive to or from
Messi and Telasco Segovia, Messi used his right hip to hold off defender Noah
Eile and then calmly slammed home a left-footer from the center of the area.
Picault scored to give Miami a 1-0 lead in the ninth minute. After two failed
clearances by the Red Bulls, Marcelo Weigandt played an arcing ball-in from the
right side that was redirected near post when Luis Surez flicked a headed to
the back post and Picault put away a half-volley.
Weigandt scored in the 30th and Luis Surez added a goal --- his first since
March 2 --- in the 39th minute to give Miami a 3-0 lead.
Mohammed Sofo put away a corner kick for the Red Bulls (4-4-3) played in by
Omar Valencia --- going up high at the back post and somehow heading it back
inside the front post --- to make it 3-1 in the 43rd.
Weigandt, from point-blank range, tapped in the putback of his own shot to make
it 2-0 in the 30th.
Surez put away his own rebound to give Miami a 3-0 lead. Tadeo Allende rolled
a cross to Surez for a one-touch shot from center of the area that was blocked
by defender Kyle Duncan, but Surez was there for the finish for the left
corner of the 6-yard box.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and veteran NFL wide receiver
Odell Beckham Jr. (currently a free agent) were in attendance.
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