Miami 5-1 NY Red Bulls (July 19, 2025) game analysis

Lionel Messi scored two goals and two templates to lead Inter Miami CF for a 5-1 win against the moderator New York Red Bulls in Harrison, New Jersey.

Messi and Inter Miami (12-4-5, 41 points) deleted a 1-0 deficit in the first half with a flood of goals in front of the pause two of them, which stuck the heron from the foot of Telasco Segovia on a 3-1 lead before the break.

Miami won his sixth MLS match in the last seven after grabping a winning streak with five games in Cincinnati in Cincinnati on Wednesday. It was the sixth time in the last seven games in which Messi scored two goals.

“The reality was that we had five games in the past two weeks, four of which were gone. It is a complicated stage, especially because of the trip and lack of peace between the games,” said Miami trainer Javier Mascherano after the game. “The game against Cincinnati was a reflection of the exhaustion that the team is wearing, but now we have a long week. We will use it to restore those who are tired, and with the expectation of regaining a few injured players and adding them to the squad.”

The Red Bulls (9-9-6, 33 points) were not able to win at home and lost to Inter Miami for the second time this season. The Mascherano team is in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, six points behind Philadelphia, but has three games in her hand because it is involved in the World Cup this summer.

New York scored his lonely goal in the 15th minute when Emil Forsberg scored a corner chicken in front of Miami goalkeeper Rocco Rios Novo from Miami. Alexander Hack did it for the score, although defender Federico Redondo was drawn over him.

Rios Novo started his second start this season for Oscar Usstari, who was sitting with an injury.

Jordi Alba, who left the game in the 84th minute with an apparently leg cramp, scored his first goal of the season in the MLS League games from Messi from Messi in the 24th minute to reach the number of points 1: 1.

Inter Miami took the lead in the 27th when Luis Suarez, who supported the first goal, sent a ball to Messi, who quickly led him to Alba, who crossed him back to Segovia to get a slight shot on the back of the network.

In the third minute of the stopover in the first half, Redondo brought the ball into the Red Bulls box, but could not fire a shot. However, Segovia got in and shot a shot from a rebound to Carlos Miguel Coronel to score a third goal.

Messi followed with goals in the 60th and 75th minutes to seal the result to delight the Miami supporters in the stands, even though it was a street game.

“No, it's no surprise [to see the madness that Messi causes] Because I have been with him at Barca and 15 with Argentina for eight years, “said Mascherano. I saw it at airports, hotels, he creates it everywhere. I don't think it is only because of his football talent, but because of his admiration as a athlete and the way he exceeded football.

“Leo Messi, Michael Jordan, Rafa Nadal, these are people who have crossed the sport. We have very privileged that people who are tight and can see this.”

Messi increased its overall goals in MLS games to 18 this season and contributed 27 points. He has had 40 goals in MLS since he came to the league in the summer of 2023.

The Red Bulls looked at nine shots in the game, but they were exceeded with 8: 1 in the shots on the finish line.

In this report, information from the media at the field level was used.