MESSI MAGIC ! Lionel Messi Took Revenge On Seattle Sounders Of Their Last Defeat

Underway at the League's Cup Final rematch from South. ...to play quick, play fast, with Allende being the only real vertical threat going forward. And now he's saying that. He was offside by... It's better to be safer than sorry. Wright takes it away, now Jordi Alba coming forward. Jordi Alba! This time it's Messi to Alba. And this time it's Miami opening the scoring. 1-0. Well, and a product of having an aggressive fullback pick up positions further up the field is when you lose possession in this manner. Now you've left yourself open. Closer, Rienzi, further up the field. ...keep facilitating possession. Messi sliding it, Frey across! Frey gets the touch and gets back on it. The spacing's better. The balance is better. And all the players are now in better spots to facilitate something in the... Back to Ferreira! And the upside flag is raised on Seattle. Well, here we are talking about how sloppy the 20 minutes have been from Seattle and it's as if the light bulb went off. Great pattern of play quickly. He might be just as upset about his first 20 minutes. And now a high boot over the head of Ian Frey who is down. It was the first bad performance from Seattle after the Club World Cup. And he does! Mnoungou cutting it into the middle. Allen sends away. Ferreira settles. He has some time. Ferreira takes a touch and then fires it right into Oscar Ustari. Mnoungou's just so... ...say three weeks ago. As this is over the top for Messi. He settles! Messi! Patience! Post! It would have been special. But dare I say... Taylor. Bright hooked away by Fargus. Ferreira sends it just wide. Jordi Alba will float this to the back post. Frey wins the header. Frey has to get to it. Crashing into the post. Big save from Stephen Frey. Born a Frenchman I am again. Good commitment here from Ian Frey. Messi serving. Frey catching on his line. He has still never scored in the Olympico in his... ...wonderful career. Lionel Messi. He does continue to Seattle tonight. Mnoungou will now drive this in. De Rosario! Tangled up with Maxi Falcone. Well-lined and up for a goal kick. It was a good spell. Giants for a West Coast rivalry battle. Tune in this Friday at half-time TV Plus. Jordi Alba. Messi! Sneaks it past Frey. Messi breaks his mini-drought. And Miami double the... The play starts again with Rothrock trying to switch the point of attack. Now whether or not he's fouled or not, Yannick Wright steps in a good job. Winds it, but this... You're almost forcing Wright to foul to do a little bit more extra. Messi comes inside. Allende. Back to Messi. Messi! Big save from... ...Pete Seattle in the game. It's been all Miami in this first half. Messi just cutting against... Rothrock wins that. Has Deversari in the middle. He's going to knock it down to himself. Rothrock! Good save. Ustari. Got down quick. That's a big moment. A minute before half-time. And that's going to bother Javier Mascherano. No, Allende's got to be stronger here. He's got... ...loaded bench and already going to it. As the Sounders trail Seattle. Allende continuing forward. Kim Kihee slides and sends it out. Yeah, but he hurt himself in the process. Coming on to his left hand. This ball whipped in! And had it in! Peace! Ian Frey makes it 3-0! And the scoreline from the League Cup Final has been flipped. It's Miami! 3-0 this time. Center back off the field getting treatment. Set piece. Costa-Rienze. Flat-footed as ever. The ball's whipped in. Flat-footed defending will get you killed every single time. ...from Miami. The bench, not the starters. Here's Seattle. Manugu did that! Rosario! Oh! What a chance for Seattle to get back in the game! And that's the thing about Miami. They will struggle to defend in transition if you're on the front foot. Now Falcone saying Manugu is in an offside position. It's still Manugu. And he's fouled. Remarkable. Busquets disagrees. Seattle will have a restart. We'll continue playing. Bell takes it off of Bright. Here is Vargas! Vargas! Saved by Ustari. Oh, it's one too many touches from Vargas because Falcone does a good job of stepping out, coming over group as there is. And here is Messi looking for a four. It's Brunel poking it away from behind. And Frey getting on for Brustad. Into Jordan Morris. Morris! Cutting it! Seattle pull them back! And it's Miami's nemesis. It's Ovette Vargas. Finish off with the full reverse scoreline from the League's Cup Final. And maybe it's a bit of a game on in South Florida. It's 3-1. Oh, it's game on 100% because the fresh legs are on the team from the Pacific Northwest on the front foot. Brunel. Forward to Messi. Behind Regan. Little Messi! Oh my goodness. Step and Frey! Huge save to keep Seattle in the game. I mean, we talk about... Silvetti going into Snyder Brunel. Two minutes or so into his MLS career. Behind Costa Rienzi. Silvetti cutting inside. Still Matteo Silvetti! It's over. Well, it's going to be interesting to see what they get from Silvetti because Obando's been... Messi. Over to Rodrigo de Paul. Messi in the middle! He missed it. Trying to get it back. He almost did, but Regan comes away with it. Gets it back. But Nungu sends it across. Directed on goal. Rather off way gone for Brusovsky. Relatively simple. Sorry. Entirely.