Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez 2.0 quickly click into gear at Inter Miami

Just 58 seconds into the second half of the Champions Cup last 16 clash at Nashville and Inter Miami were in trouble.

Canada winger Jacob Shaffelburg, who had put the home side in front after just four minutes, picked up the ball on the edge of the area, took a couple of touches before blasting a thunderous strike into the top corner.

Miami players, resplendent in their fluorescent pink shirts, looked stunned. Nashville twice threatened to make it 3-0 and inflict a damaging first-leg deficit.

But in a time of crisis, it helps that you can rely on three of the most successful and experienced footballers of the modern era.

Sergio Busquets (now 35), Luis Suarez (37) and Lionel Messi (36) – coming to your rescue.

Within six minutes, the tide had changed; Suarez, Uruguay’s all-time top scorer, passed the ball to Messi, Argentina’s all-time top scorer, and the eight-time Ballon d'Or winner curled the ball beyond the reach of Nashville goalkeeper Joe Willis.

Then, deep in stoppage time, the ball found its way to midfielder Busquets, capped 143 times for Spain, on the right who dinked the ball into the middle for Suarez to head home to secure a 2-2 draw to take back to Miami for Wednesday’s second leg.

“We were calm, we were patient, and we did it simply by playing. It leaves us in a good place for the second round of 90 minutes left to play at home,” said Miami manager Gerardo Martino.

Less than seven months earlier, against the same opposition, the Major League Soccer franchise part-owned by former England captain David Beckham, had secured their first ever trophy.

A thrilling 10-9 penalty shoot-out win meant Miami had lifted the Leagues Cup in their fourth season of existence and just one month after the arrival of Messi.

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