Inter Miami vs St. Louis HIGHLIGHTS, MLS: Messi, Suarez score as Miami held up by St. Louis in six goal thriller

The thrilling match finally comes to end. The match had opened up in the last five minutes with both teams registering attempts on goal. This was the last match for Messi and Suarez for Inter Miami as they will be representing their nations in Copa America. 

Burki is keeping St. Louis alive. Miami gets a flurry of corners and keeping the pressure on the visitors. The referee has added five minutes as injury time. 

Messi is denied by a resolute St. Louis defence. The visitors are looking vulnerable. Adeniran’s shot just misses the gal. Jordi Alba scores for Mimai but the flag was up. VAR has asked the referee to look at the monitor. The goal stands. Alba equalises for Inter Miami. 

Miami is chasing an equaliser but St. Louis is defending in numbers and looking to hit on the counter. 

Burki saves a thunderbolt from Cremaschi, Miami gets a corner. Adeniran getsa golden chance but an alert Callender keeps Miami in the game. Now, Louis has a corner. 

St. Louis gets a flurry of corners and Lowen delivered several sublime balls. Lowen’s third corner takes a deflection off Durkis’ header and rattles the back of the net. St. Louis takes the lead again. 

Parker gets the first yellow card of the match. Miami gets a corner after Messi’s volley was blocked. Jordi Alba almost gave Miami the lead but the off-side flag was raised by the linesman. On the other side, Durkis comes close to scoring his second of the game. 

Pompeu goes on a brilliant run and is taken down just outside the box by a combination of two Miami players but the referee says no foul, St. Louis players are fuming. 

Vassilev squanders a brilliant chance for St. Louis. Pompeu dribbles past three Miami players and plays a sublime through ball to find Vessilev, who made a darting run from the right. However, his first time shot is straight at Callender. The visitors kept the pressure on and gets the first corner of the second essay. 

St. Louis has started the second half better than it did in the first. Miami is taking a bit of time to settle to the pace of the match. 

The second half between Inter Miami and St. Louis is under way in South Florida. Messi and Suarez are both on the scoresheet for the home side. 

The highly dramatic first half comes to an end. 50 minutes have flown by, both teams have had chances and they took them in style. After going behind twice, the home side showed character to come back. Messi and Suarez both scored their 12th goals of the season. It’s all to play for in the second half. 

Luis Suarez equalises for Miami. Messi creates pace for Jordi Alba in the left flank, who cuts back across the face of the goal and their former Barcelona colleague slots home from a tight angle. It’s all square in Florida. 

It has been a very entertaining first 45 minutes at the Chase Stadium. Vassilev comes close to score again but the angle was against him. He’s causing all sorts of problem to Miami defenders with his pace. The match officials have added five minutes after the end of regulation time. 

Indiana Vassilev scores against his former club and St. Louis takes back the lead. It was yet another rapid attack from the visitors. Vassilev made a darting run from the right flank and scores with a low drive-footed drive across the goal. 

The game has a good pace throughout. Miami is still dominating the ball but St. Louis is looking like the more dangerous team with its quick and direct play. 

Roman Burki denies Messi from close range to keep St. Louis in the match. Miami gets a its first corner of the match. It was a big let-off for the the visiting side. Messi made a brilliant run and Alba found him out with a smart pass. 

Klauss comes close to snatch the lead back for St. Louis but Callender was alert and makes a smart save. Louis gets another corner. 

Klauss gets injured and takes a treatment on the field. Messi takes on three St. Louis defenders and then plays a ball to Alba and continues the run. Alba finds Messi in space and the Argentine unleashes a trademark left-footed curler to equalise for Miami. 

Alives’ last ditch sliding challenge denies Klauss from extending St. Louis’ lead. The visitors are flexing their attacking muscle with direct and fast moves. Miami in shock after a good start. 

St. Louis is still searching for the momentum to get into the game. Miami midfielders are linking up well but are unable to find that final pass. Klauss uses his physicality well to set up a chance for the visitor and St. Louis gets the fist corner of the match and Chris Durkin scores a blinder. St. Louis takes the lead against the run of play. 

Rojas’ shot from outside the box is saved by Louis’ custodian Burki. Messi is conducting Miami play by dropping deep. The Herons are completely dominating the visitors. They are winning every second ball at the moment. 

Inter Miami started the match with intent after its shock loss to Atlanta United in the last match. The home side is keeping the possession of the ball and tying to create chances through Messi and Rojas. On the other hand, St. Louis is sitting deep and looking to hit on counter. Klauss’ shot flies over the bar. 

The match is under way in South Florida. It’s Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami taking on Klauss’ St. Louis. This will be Miami’s last match before the international break. 

Players of both sides are lined up and ready to start the match. Kick-off next, stay tuned for live updates. 

The World Cup-winner started 10 games for Inter Miami in the ongoing MLS season and has registered 11 goals and 12 assists so far. 

Burki; Markanich, Nilsson, Parker, Totland; Durkin, Vassilev, Lowen; Pompeu, Alm, Klauss

Callender; Weigandt, Aviles, Kryvtsov, Alba; Rojas, Busquets, Redondo; Messi, Suarez

Inter Miami will strive to return to the win column when it hosts St. Louis City on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Miami (10-3-4, 34 points) is coming off a 3-1 midweek loss to Atlanta United -- its first defeat in MLS since March 23. 

The Eastern Conference leaders are 7-1-3 over their past 11 league matches. 

“I think, first half, we controlled the game. Atlanta tried to use our mistakes, and finally, they did it. I think it was our game,” Miami defender Sergii Kryvtsov said. 

“We didn’t lose for 10 games in a row, and it happened, finally. We’ll keep going.” 

Lionel Messi, who scored Miami’s lone goal in the loss to Atlanta, has a league-leading 12 assists. Messi and Luis Suarez have a team-leading 11 goals apiece.

The MLS match between Inter Miami and St. Louis will not be broadcast in India. The match can be live streamed on Apple TV with an MLS season pass. There will be no other live streams in India.

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Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Eastern Conference match between Inter Miami and St. Louis which is being played at the Chase Stadium in Florida. 

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