VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM NASHVILLE SC AT INTER MIAMI IN MLS PLAYOFF GAME SHOWS: FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 24, 2025) (SOCCER UNITED MARKETING - Editorial use only. No more than 30 seconds per match. Must on screen courtesy 'MLS on Apple'. No use after December 31, 2025. No resales. No sublicensing. No monetisation) NASHVILLE SC AT INTER MIAMI (PINK JERSEYS) AT CHASE STADIUM 1ST HALF 1. OPENING KICKOFF 2. MIAMI GOAL - LUIS SUAREZ WITH CENTERING PASS TO LIONEL MESSI WHO HEADS IT PAST NASHVILLE GOALKEEPER JOE WILLIS IN 19TH MINUTE. MIAMI 1-0 NASHVILLE 3. REPLAYS OF SUAREZ CENTERING PASS TO MESSI WHO HEADS IT IN FOR GOAL 2ND HALF 4. MIAMI GOAL - IAN FRAY CENTERING PASS TO TADEO ALLENDE WHO HEADS IT PAST NASHVILLE'S WILLIS IN 62ND MINUTE. MIAMI 2-0 NASHVILLE 5. MIAMI CO-OWNER DAVID BECKHAM ON SIDELINE APPLAUDING 6. REPLAYS OF FRAY CENTERING PASS TO ALLENDE WHO HEADS IT IN FOR GOAL 7. NASHVILLE'S JEISSON PALACIOS WAITING ON SIDELINE TO COME INTO GAME 8. MIAMI GOAL - JORDI ALBA WITH CENTERING PASS THAT NASHVILLE'S WILLIS TRIES TO SAVE BUT BALL SLIPS OUT AND MESSI KNOCKS IT IN AT 90+6 STOPPAGE TIME. MIAMI 3-0 NASHVILLE 9. REPLAYS OF ALBA CENTERING PASS, WILLIS TRYING TO SAVE IT, AND MESSI GETTING TO LOOSE BALL AND SCORING GOAL 10. NASHVILLE GOAL - HANY MUKHTAR SCORES ON FREE KICK PAST MIAMI GOALKEEPER ROCCO RIOS NOVO IN 90+11 STOPPAGE TIME. MIAMI 3-1 NASHVILLE 11. REPLAYS OF MUKHTAR NICE FREE KICK GOAL PAST DIVING RIOS NOVO 12. VARIOUS OF MESSI AND MUKHTAR EXHANGING JERSEYS AFTER REFEREE BLOWS FINAL WHISTLE. MIAMI WINS 3-1 STORY: Lionel Messi scored twice and added an assist to lift Inter Miami to a 3-1 victory over Nashville SC in the opening game of their first-round MLS playoff series on Friday (October 24) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Tadeo Allende also scored for third-seeded Miami, which has now defeated sixth-seeded Nashville in six consecutive matches across all competition. A seventh straight win on November 1 in Nashville would wrap up the best-of-three series with a game to spare and help erase some of the sting of Miami's surprising playoff exit to Atlanta United at this stage last season. Hany Mukhtar scored a very late consolation goal on a direct free kick for Nashville, which also took a 5-2 defeat to Miami on the final day of the regular season last Saturday. Messi has now surpassed his scoring output from his entire previous playoff series against Atlanta, in which he had one goal and one assist in three matches. He has scored 12 goals in eight appearances against the Coyotes, with seven of those coming this season. On Friday, he put Miami in front in the 19th minute. Rodrigo de Paul helped create the attack with a clever short pass between charging defenders to play Messi into space down the middle. Messi played wide to Luis Suarez, who returned a cross toward the penalty spot where Messi met it with a well-placed header past goalkeeper Joe Willis. Allende doubled the lead in the 62nd minute, during a stretch when Nashville center back Jeisson Palacios was on the sideline because of the league's off-field treatment rule. Messi played the ball down the right to Ian Fray, who served an outswinging cross toward the penalty spot, in the vicinity Palacios might have normally been defending. Instead, Allende met it there for an unmarked header past Willis. Messi added a second in second-half stoppage time on the simplest of finishes after Willis and center back Walker Zimmerman collided trying to defend Jordi Alba's cross. Mukhtar's brilliant strike from 25 yards gave Nashville some consolation on the last meaningful kick of the game. (Production: David Grip) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
