Messi scores twice in four minutes on return to Inter Miami

Argentine forward Lionel Messi marked his return from injury with two goals and an assist to help Inter Miami to a 3-1 win against Philadelphia Union.

Messi has not played since suffering an ankle injury in Argentina’s win over Colombia in the Copa America final in July.

The injury kept him out of this month’s World Cup qualifiers, which they lost 2-1 to Colombia.

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Messi has also missed eight games for his Major League Soccer team – despite them leading the MLS Eastern Conference standings.

But the 37-year-old former Barcelona star played the full 90 minutes in his first appearance for three months and ran the show.

Mikael Uhre scored the opener for Philadelphia while Messi’s double plus Luis Suarez’s goal in second-half stoppage time sealed the win for Miami.

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