Lionel Messi scores AGAIN: Inter Miami sensation scores eighth goal in his fifth game since arriving in the US as his herons dismantle Charlotte 4-0 in the Leagues Cup quarter-finals

Lionel Messi’s smashing start in America continues as he scored for Inter Miami’s fifth time in four starts as the Herons extended their winning streak to five games after beating Charlotte 4-0 at home in the Leagues Cup quarter-finals.

The 36-year-old Argentine, who has not lost since arriving in South Florida last month, scored his eighth goal in five appearances for Miami in the 86th minute of Friday night’s victory to put his side in the US’s last four. to get. domestic cup.

Miami now awaits the winner of the Philadelphia Union-Queretaro game on August 15.

Josef Martinez opened the scoring for Miami at Fort Lauderdale’s DRV PNK stadium with a penalty in the 12th minute before Robert Taylor, who has taken his game to the next level since Messi’s arrival, added a second in the 32nd minute.

Charlotte’s Adilson Malanda scored an own goal in the 78th minute from a cross attended by Messi, eight minutes before last year’s World Cup champions finally got on the scoreboard.