Cincinnati 3-0 Inter Miami: Evander scores a brace, Messi misses clear chances

Messi's goal streak ends as FC Cincinnati shuts out Inter Miami.

Match Report

Lionel Messi's Major League Soccer-record streak of multi-goal games ended at five on Wednesday as his Inter Miami squad was blanked 3-0 at FC Cincinnati.

The 38-year-old Argentine star forward had scored a brace, two goals, in five consecutive matches for Miami, giving him 16 goals on the season as Inter managed four wins and a draw in the run.

Not since 2012, when he played for Barcelona, had Messi netted a brace or more in five consecutive matches.

But Cincinnati kept Miami to only two shots on goal in the contest.

US 20-year-old midfielder Gerardo Valenzuela opened the scoring for Cincinnati in the 16th minute.

Brazilian striker Evander followed with a goal in the 50th minute and struck again in the 70th to provide all the scoring the hosts needed.

Miami fell to 11-4 with five drawn for 38 points, fifth in the Eastern Conference and eight points adrift of first-place Philadelphia, the overall MLS leader, which beat Montreal to stay one point ahead of Cincinnati in the overall MLS standings.

Inter Miami has three games in hand on both clubs but would need to win them all to overtake their rivals for the overall league lead.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

2' Highlight from Cincinnati vs Inter Miami CF

13' Highlight from Cincinnati vs Inter Miami CF

16' GOAL! Valenzuela fire a low shot into the net! Cincinnati 1-0 Inter Miami

26' Match Highlight

44' Match Event for Cincinnati vs Inter Miami CF

49' GOAL! Evander scores under double pressure! Cincinnati 2-0 Inter Miami CF

57' Match Event for Cincinnati vs Inter Miami CF

58' Highlight from Cincinnati vs Inter Miami CF

62' Match Event for Cincinnati vs Inter Miami CF

70' GOAL! Evander nets double! Cincinnati 3-0 Inter Miami CF

79' Match Highlight

84' Highlight from Cincinnati vs Inter Miami CF

Line-ups

Cincinnati XI: Kei Kamara, Yedlin, Matt Miazga, Evander, Tah Anunga, Miles Robinson, Lukas Engel, Pavel Bucha, Luca Orellano, Roman Celentano, Gerardo Valenzuela

Subs: Alvas Powell, B.Smith, Corey Baird, Evan Louro, Nick Hagglund, Sergio Santos, Teenage Hadebe, Gilberto Flores, Kenji Mboma Dem

Inter Miami CF XI: Óscar Ustari, Messi, Suarez, Alba, Busquets, Maximiliano Falcón, Marcelo Weigandt, Telasco Segovia, Tadeo Allende, Benja Cremaschi, Tomás Avilés

Subs: William Yarbrough, Fafà Picault, Rocco Ríos Novo, Gonzalo Luján, Ryan Sailor, David Ruíz, Santiago Morales, Yannick Bright, Leo Afonso