If not Lionel Messi by rotation, the Inter Miami This Sunday they lost their first game of the season 2-3 against Montreal Meanwhile he LA Galaxy saved a point on Nashville 2-2 with a goal from the Catalan Riqui Puig. Colombian Fernando Álvarez, Uruguayan Matías Cóccaro and Nigerian Ibrahim scored goals for Montreal, while Ecuadorian Leo Campana and Jordi Alba (this one with the amazing goal) scored for to the locals.
The Uruguayan Luis Suárez and the Catalan Sergio Busquets were not starters for Inter Miami, but they came on in the second half. This match marks the return of Venezuelan Josef Martínez to Miami after his transfer to the Canadian team.
Inter Miami this Wednesday is the second leg of the round of 16 of the Concacaf Champions Cup against Nashville after a 2-2 first leg. The same result happened this Sunday in the rivalry in the nation’s capital between Nashville and LA Galaxy.
All the goals came in the second half, although in the first half the Los Angeles team had clear chances, missing a penalty forced and taken by Dejan Joveljić and seeing Puig’s goal disallowed because offside. After the restart, Teal Bunbury converted a penalty for the locals and just four minutes later Dru Yearwood made it 2-0 with just over half an hour remaining which looked definitive.
However, Riqui Puig with a fine, well-struck shot from outside the area and Joveljić, who made up for his missed penalty in the first half, scored for an unbeaten Galaxy with one win and two draws in their three games so far.
The match that closed the fourth day of MLS this Sunday ended goalless between Cincinnati of Argentine Luciano Acosta (MLS MVP in 2023) and DC United.
Inter Miami leads the East with 7 points and one more game played than four other teams who also have 7 points but only three games played so far: Montreal, Columbus Crew, New York Red Bulls and Toronto . In the West, Portland Timbers and Minnesota United lead the table with 7 points each.
Source: La Verdad
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