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Overview
- Inter Miami beat Nashville SC 4-0 on Nov. 8 to win the best-of-three series 2-1 and advance past the first playoff phase for the first time in club history.
- Lionel Messi scored in the 10th minute and added a second before halftime, then set up Tadeo Allende for the late fourth in a pass reported by some outlets as his 400th career assist across club and country.
- Allende struck twice, heading in a Jordi Alba cross for the third before chipping goalkeeper Joe Willis to cap the result.
- Coach Javier Mascherano praised Messi’s pressing at age 38, saying he led the high pressure that limited Nashville’s threat in the first half.
- After the international break, Inter Miami travels to face FC Cincinnati, which is unbeaten against Miami this season with one win and one draw.