Minute-by-minute report: Inter Miami claimed their first trophy after surviving a heart-pounding shootout over Nashville in the Leagues Cup final
Messi hugs both Beckhams. This is the biggest celebration of star power in Nashville that doesn’t involve guitars and songs about trucks. , gets his turn being interviewed via translation. He doesn’t have much to say, but he lets on that he thought a tie was a fair result, and then it was up to the team keeping composure in penalties.
To recap: That was 10-9! The players made 19 of 22 penalties, and the last one that missed was the keeper. Hey, Peter Oh’s checking in by email: “gotta hand it to Messi. Just a couple of weeks into his new gig and already he’s a La Leagues legend.”The Apple TV crew claims this is Messi’s 44th trophy, more than any other player. I have no idea how they’ve computed that. Do preseason tournaments count? SuperCups? I don’t know. But he’s at least 42 ahead of me.
Drake Callender is getting his just due with a quickly but carefully compiled highlight reel. Several big saves through the game, then two saves in PKs, the clinching one coming right after he took his own penalty with more aplomb than some of the world’s best players.Photograph: Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images
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