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Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues below<ul><li>Inter Miami lost on penalties to Vissel Kobe</li><li>Taylor missed two penalties in shoot-out</li><li>Messi and Alba saw the funny side</li></ul>

VIDEO: Lionel Messi bursts into fit of laughter after Inter Miami team-mate Robert Taylor misses two penalties in shoot-out defeat to Vissel Kobe

The Herons fell to their fourth defeat of a terrible pre-season, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/lionel-messi-denied-goal-line-clearance-inter-miami-vissel-kobe-friendly-sergio-busquets-injury/blt5a463a8597b13c6d" target="_blank">losing on penalties to the Japanese side after a 0-0 draw in regulation time</a>. Messi came on as a second-half substitute but could only watch on as <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/why-lionel-messi-didn-t-take-penalty-bizarre-inter-miami-shoot-out-loss-to-vissel-kobe-explained/bltaf58a2bd12d619a8" target="_blank">he saw Miami falter on spot-kicks</a>. Perhaps most spectacular were the failings of Taylor, who missed his first penalty only to be handed a lifeline after the goalkeeper was adjudged to be off his line. He stepped up a second time but blazed wildly over via the crossbar, causing Messi to see the funny side alongside long-term team-mate Jordi Alba.

WHAT HAPPENED?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Lionel Messi's Reaction to Taylor Missing his penalty 😂<a href="https://t.co/YI9G5MeJSv">https://t.co/YI9G5MeJSv</a>— ACE (fan) (@FCB_ACEE) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCB_ACEE/status/1755203955930669238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WATCH THE CLIP

While Messi laughed off yet another loss, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/inter-miami-preseason-tour-from-hell-lionel-messi-disaster-mls-favorites/blt3b8f7769de98a3e7" target="_blank">preparations for the upcoming MLS campaign have been abysmal</a>. Tata Martino's side won just one of their six off-season clashes - a 4-1 victory over a Hong Kong XI where Messi didn't even play in - while also drawing one and losing the rest, even if the last defeat came after normal time. The Florida-based outfit lost <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/huge-blow-lionel-messi-inter-miami-argentine-playmaker-facundo-farias-ruled-out-entire-2024-mls-season/blt2aaa07a6f299fef2" target="_blank">Facundo Farias,</a> <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-us/lists/lionel-messi-inter-miami-usmnt-benjamin-cremaschi-ruled-out-sports-hernia-surgery/bltdfaa68b4ac7bfa07" target="_blank">Benjamin Cremaschi</a> and most recently <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/sergio-busquets-floored-horror-tackle-forces-inter-miami-star-out-vissel-kobe-yuya-okaka-not-shown-yellow-card/blt827d6dbe522825c8" target="_blank">Sergio Busquets</a> through injury. They were damaged by off-field issues, too, as their trip to the Far East <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/lionel-messi-bench-again-inter-miami-superstar-left-out-starting-xi-vissel-kobe-clash-despite-fierce-backlash/blt6ed346613270c16c" target="_blank">turned into a PR disaster</a> following Messi's continued absence.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Miami can almost put that pre-season behind them, with a final game against Messi's boyhood club Newell's Old Boys scheduled for February 15. Martino's side then only have a week to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/punched-lionel-messi-inter-miami-won-t-blow-doors-off-mls-2024-ex-usmnt-star-taylor-twellman-fear-factor-claim/blta91bd6a99cb4f05c" target="_blank">prepare for their MLS opener</a>, which comes at home against Salt Lake.

WHAT NEXT FOR MESSI?

VIDEO: Lionel Messi bursts into fit of laughter after Inter Miami team-mate Robert Taylor misses two penalties in shoot-out defeat to Vissel Kobe | Goal.com Nigeria

Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi couldn&apos;t contain his laughter after team-mate Robert Taylor missed two penalties in eventual defeat to Vissel Kobe.