Messi nets third consecutive brace as Inter Miami player

Lionel Messi scored twice, including a brilliant late equalizer, as Inter Miami advanced past FC Dallas to the quarter-finals of the Leagues Cup on penalties after an enthralling 4-4 draw, Report informs via The Daily Star.

A trademark curling free-kick in the 85th minute, Messi's seventh goal in his fourth game for Miami, took the game to the shootout after Miami had trailed 4-2 with 10 minutes to go.

Messi put Miami ahead in the sixth minute with a clinical side-foot finish from a Jordi Alba pull-back. Five minutes from the end Messi strode up and curled a free-kick from 20 yards superbly into the top corner netting his third consecutive brace for Inter Miami to take it to penalties.