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#Lionel #Messis #Inter #Miami #draw #Red #Bulls #17yearold #Mehmeti #scores #late">Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami gets 2-2 draw with Red Bulls after 17-year-old Mehmeti scores late Lionel Messi scored two goals in a Champions League match for Barcelona on April 8, 2009, which was two days after Adri Mehmeti was born.
Only 17 years later, they both had a say in the outcome for their teams on Saturday night.
Messi helped set up Germán Berterame for a second-half goal that gave Inter Miami its first lead in its new stadium, and Mehmeti’s first Major League Soccer (MLS) goal in the 77th minute pulled New York Red Bulls into a 2-2 tie with Messi and the defending MLS Cup champion on Saturday night.
Mateo Silvetti also scored for Inter Miami (3-1-3), which is now unbeaten in its last six MLS matches. Jorge Ruvalcaba scored for the Red Bulls (3-2-2), who have one win in their last five matches but rallied to get a point out of this one after wasting an early 1-0 lead.
Berterame’s goal looked like it would give Inter Miami some control.
There were no fewer than four defenders within a couple of yards of Messi — two of them squarely between him and the net — as he brought the ball toward the box in the 55th minute, and with all those eyeballs on him, nobody seemed to be marking Berterame just to his left.
No shot, no problem. In fact, it was a bit of a bad break for the Red Bulls.
Messi had the ball knocked away but it simply rolled toward Berterame, who one-timed it with his right foot for a 2-1 lead — with the greatest player ever being the first to wrap him in a celebratory headlock after the goal. It gave Inter Miami its first lead in about 150 minutes of play over two matches in its new stadium, which opened last weekend with a draw against Austin FC.
But a pair of kids made sure the lead didn’t last.
Julian Hall, 18, set up Mehmeti for the equaliser, finding space near the goal line and putting the ball into the perfect spot.
Messi had a chance in the 49th minute from about 12 yards out. He got the ball near the top of the box, stopped on a dime as Red Bulls defender Matthew Dos Santos went sliding past, flicked the ball to his left foot and tried a shot to the near post. It went just wide as he fell to the turf.
Both teams had goals waved off by offside calls — New York’s following a review — in the second half. Messi also had a 25-yard free kick stopped by Red Bulls goalie Ethan Horvath in the 94th minute.
Published on Apr 12, 2026
Lionel Messi scored two goals in a Champions League match for Barcelona on April 8,…
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#Serie #Milan #jeered #field #shock #home #loss #Udinese">Serie A: AC Milan jeered off the field after shock 3-0 home loss to Udinese
After falling out of the Serie A title race, AC Milan is looking nervously at the teams behind it following a shock 3-0 loss at home to Udinese on Saturday.
Milan was loudly jeered off the field after its third defeat in four matches.
The Rossoneri were not only nine points below league leader Inter Milan but just six points above Juventus and Roma, in fifth and sixth, in the fight for Champions League qualifying places.
All of the teams around Milan in the table were still to play this weekend, and Juventus could close the gap with a win at Atalanta later on Saturday.
Nicolò Zaniolo starred for Udinese at San Siro. He counterattacked from deep inside his own half and rode a couple of challenges before spreading it to the right for Arthur Atta, whose cross was deflected in by Davide Bartesaghi — going down as an own goal by the young Milan defender.
Zaniolo also set up Udinese’s second in the 37th minute with a sensational cross from the right for Jurgen Ekkelenkamp’s header.
Moments earlier, Keinan Davis had an effort pushed onto the crossbar by Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and Bartesaghi had to clear an attempt off the line on the stroke of halftime.
The boos had already started by then and Milan was also roasted by its supporters at the break.
The Rossoneri’s hopes of clawing something from the match all but evaporated in the 71st when Atta netted Udinese’s third, feinting to shoot into the far corner before slotting into the bottom left.
Cagliari took a crucial step toward avoiding relegation by beating fellow struggler Cremonese 1-0.
Cagliari’s first win since January lifted the Sardinian team six points above Cremonese and the relegation zone.
Sebastiano Esposito scored his third goal in four matches in the 63rd minute, heading in a cross from Zé Pedro, who had only just come off the bench.
Hellas Verona remained nine points from safety after losing at mid-table Torino 2-1.
Published on Apr 12, 2026
After falling out of the Serie A title race, AC Milan is looking nervously at the teams behind it following a shock 3-0 loss at home to Udinese on Saturday.
Milan was loudly jeered off the field after its third defeat in four matches.
The Rossoneri were not only nine points below league leader Inter Milan but just six points above Juventus and Roma, in fifth and sixth, in the fight for Champions League qualifying places.
All of the teams around Milan in the table were still to play this weekend, and Juventus could close the gap with a win at Atalanta later on Saturday.
Nicolò Zaniolo starred for Udinese at San Siro. He counterattacked from deep inside his own half and rode a couple of challenges before spreading it to the right for Arthur Atta, whose cross was deflected in by Davide Bartesaghi — going down as an own goal by the young Milan defender.
Zaniolo also set up Udinese’s second in the 37th minute with a sensational cross from the right for Jurgen Ekkelenkamp’s header.
Moments earlier, Keinan Davis had an effort pushed onto the crossbar by Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan and Bartesaghi had to clear an attempt off the line on the stroke of halftime.
The boos had already started by then and Milan was also roasted by its supporters at the break.
The Rossoneri’s hopes of clawing something from the match all but evaporated in the 71st when Atta netted Udinese’s third, feinting to shoot into the far corner before slotting into the bottom left.
Cagliari took a crucial step toward avoiding relegation by beating fellow struggler Cremonese 1-0.
Cagliari’s first win since January lifted the Sardinian team six points above Cremonese and the relegation zone.
Sebastiano Esposito scored his third goal in four matches in the 63rd minute, heading in a cross from Zé Pedro, who had only just come off the bench.
Hellas Verona remained nine points from safety after losing at mid-table Torino 2-1.
Published on Apr 12, 2026
After falling out of the Serie A title race, AC Milan is looking nervously at…
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#Premier #League #Ngumoha #Anfield #history #Salah #seals #Liverpools #win #Fulham">Premier League: Ngumoha makes Anfield history before Salah seals Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Fulham
Liverpool’s teenage winger Rio Ngumoha became the club’s youngest player to score a Premier League goal at Anfield on Saturday before Mohamed Salah struck four minutes later in a 2-0 win over Fulham that boosted its quest for a top-five finish.
The 17-year-old Ngumoha—already the team’s youngest scorer thanks to his goal at Newcastle in August when he was 16—etched his name alongside another record when he made space with a couple of stepovers before curling a rocket into the far corner in the 36th minute.
Salah doubled the lead with a first-time finish to the far corner in the 40th. The 33-year-old, who is leaving Anfield at the end of the season after nine remarkable years, tapped a hand to his Liverpool shirt crest with a wave to the crowd.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal.
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Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal.
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Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno had virtually no chance at stopping either goal.
With five Champions League places up for grabs next season, Liverpool remained fifth in the table on 52 points, four ahead of sixth-place Chelsea after its first league win since late-February.
It also came on the heels of three successive losses across all competitions, including a demoralising 4-0 rout by Manchester City in the FA Cup, and a 2-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of its Champions League quarterfinals.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot had said his side had been playing in “survival mode” against PSG on Wednesday, but it steadied itself on Saturday as the youth and experience of the two goal scorers at opposite ends of their careers combined to right the ship against Fulham.
Salah now has 108 Premier League goals at Anfield, with only Thierry Henry (114 at Highbury) netting more at a single venue in the competition’s history.
Liverpool full-back Andy Robertson called Ngumoha “unbelievable”.
“(The goal was) a great finish, great performance by him,” Robertson told Sky Sports. “He just keeps learning and listening, he’s such a good kid. He’s got a big future ahead of him, but here and now is pretty good as well.”
Liverpool almost scored a third goal in the second half on Saturday after Jeremie Frimpong worked the ball into the area before sending in an inviting cross for Cody Gakpo, but the forward could not finish.
Fulham narrowly missed a chance in the second half when Emile Smith Rowe’s attempt flew just wide of Giorgi Mamardashvili’s post.
Fulham is 11th on 44 points.
“Disappointing result, punished by the first half,” Fulham boss Marco Silva told the BBC.
“The statistics of the game were balanced in terms of shots and chances; it was very balanced. We had chances that we didn’t score. We were not ruthless enough.”
Liverpool has no time to rest on its laurels as it hosts PSG on Tuesday in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal.
“It’s a better place than it was two or three days ago or a week ago, but it’s also not that after we win everything is good again,” Slot told Sky Sports.
Published on Apr 12, 2026
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal. | Photo Credit: AP
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal. | Photo Credit: AP
Liverpool’s teenage winger Rio Ngumoha became the club’s youngest player to score a Premier League goal at Anfield on Saturday before Mohamed Salah struck four minutes later in a 2-0 win over Fulham that boosted its quest for a top-five finish.
The 17-year-old Ngumoha—already the team’s youngest scorer thanks to his goal at Newcastle in August when he was 16—etched his name alongside another record when he made space with a couple of stepovers before curling a rocket into the far corner in the 36th minute.
Salah doubled the lead with a first-time finish to the far corner in the 40th. The 33-year-old, who is leaving Anfield at the end of the season after nine remarkable years, tapped a hand to his Liverpool shirt crest with a wave to the crowd.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal. | Photo Credit: AP
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring his side’s second goal. | Photo Credit: AP
Fulham goalkeeper Bernd Leno had virtually no chance at stopping either goal.
With five Champions League places up for grabs next season, Liverpool remained fifth in the table on 52 points, four ahead of sixth-place Chelsea after its first league win since late-February.
It also came on the heels of three successive losses across all competitions, including a demoralising 4-0 rout by Manchester City in the FA Cup, and a 2-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of its Champions League quarterfinals.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot had said his side had been playing in “survival mode” against PSG on Wednesday, but it steadied itself on Saturday as the youth and experience of the two goal scorers at opposite ends of their careers combined to right the ship against Fulham.
Salah now has 108 Premier League goals at Anfield, with only Thierry Henry (114 at Highbury) netting more at a single venue in the competition’s history.
Liverpool full-back Andy Robertson called Ngumoha “unbelievable”.
“(The goal was) a great finish, great performance by him,” Robertson told Sky Sports. “He just keeps learning and listening, he’s such a good kid. He’s got a big future ahead of him, but here and now is pretty good as well.”
Liverpool almost scored a third goal in the second half on Saturday after Jeremie Frimpong worked the ball into the area before sending in an inviting cross for Cody Gakpo, but the forward could not finish.
Fulham narrowly missed a chance in the second half when Emile Smith Rowe’s attempt flew just wide of Giorgi Mamardashvili’s post.
Fulham is 11th on 44 points.
“Disappointing result, punished by the first half,” Fulham boss Marco Silva told the BBC.
“The statistics of the game were balanced in terms of shots and chances; it was very balanced. We had chances that we didn’t score. We were not ruthless enough.”
Liverpool has no time to rest on its laurels as it hosts PSG on Tuesday in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinal.
“It’s a better place than it was two or three days ago or a week ago, but it’s also not that after we win everything is good again,” Slot told Sky Sports.
Published on Apr 12, 2026
Liverpool’s teenage winger Rio Ngumoha became the club’s youngest player to score a Premier League…
