Lionel Messi delivered a vintage performance at La Bombonera, recording a goal and an assist as Argentina dismantled Zambia 5-0 in their final home fixture before the 2026 World Cup. The Inter Miami icon captained the world champions to a dominant victory in what is expected to be the last home game he plays for his country.

Lionel Messi scored his 900th career goal in the CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 against Nashville SC to give Inter Miami an early lead.

Lionel Messi scored his 900th career goal, but Inter Miami surrendered a second-half goal, which gave Nashville the away goals tiebreaker.

Lionel Messi has reached another milestone, getting his 900th career goal in the opening minutes of Inter Miami's CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 match against Nashville on Wednesday night.

Lionel Messi on the occasion of his 900th goal Leonardo Fernandez/ Measuring Lionel Messi’s career by the number of goals he has scored is rather like judging Shakespeare by the number of plays he wrote or Mozart by the number of symphonies he composed.

Soccer star Lionel Messi reached a significant milestone, scoring his 900th career goal in Inter Miami’s match against Nashville SC on March 18.

But just like in countless moments across what will ultimately go down as arguably the greatest career in football history, Messi popped up in a big moment to move the Herons into a position to progress to the quarterfinals.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami's Lionel Messi got a milestone. And Nashville got a tie that felt like a win. Messi got the 900th goal of his career, but Cristian Espinoza scored in the 74th minute to give Nashville a good-enough-to-advance 1-1 tie with Inter Miami in the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 matchup on Wednesday night.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami hosted Nashville SC in a Concacaf Champions Cup game on March 18. Check out the highlights.