{"id":2572,"date":"2026-09-17T19:29:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:29:45","slug":"inter-miami-2-0-cruz-azul-messi-lifts-another-trophy-and-hits-100-goal-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/17\/inter-miami-2-0-cruz-azul-messi-lifts-another-trophy-and-hits-100-goal-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami 2-0 Cruz Azul: Messi lifts another trophy and hits 100-goal mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-22.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-22-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-22-767x432.png 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inspired by a goal and an assist from Lionel Messi, Inter Miami claimed the &#8216;Campeones Cup&#8217; on Wednesday with a 2-0 victory over Cruz Azul at Miami&#8217;s Nu Stadium, getting Argentine head coach Cristian &#8216;Kily&#8217; Gonzalez off to a dream start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Headed home in the first half from a Luis Su\u00e1rez cross, Messi&#8217;s opener was his 100th goal in the colours of Inter Miami, whom he joined in the summer of 2023 after leaving Paris Saint-Germain. In a fitting twist of fate, Cruz Azul were also his very first victims when making his Florida debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With ten minutes remaining, Brazilian midfielder Casemiro made sure of the result by powering home a corner expertly delivered by the Argentine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Campeones Cup triumph earns Inter Miami their first piece of silverware this season and provides a welcome breath of fresh air for a squad assembled to dominate the continent, but which had struggled to find its rhythm since the turn of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It represents the fourth piece of silverware lifted by Lionel Messi in the pink shirt, following the 2023 Leagues Cup, the 2024 Supporters&#8217; Shield, and the 2025 MLS Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by a goal and an assist from Lionel Messi, Int [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions\/2574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}