The Rayados de Monterrey of Sergio Canales They won this Wednesday 1-2 in Miami still Inter that he could not count, one more night, with a Leo Messi injured, which he suffered from his box as the Mexicans overcame the locals’ initial goal in the first leg of this quarterfinal key of Concacaf Champions Cup.
Tomas Aviles He opens the can when he’s having the worst time. Inter Miamithat there is none messand but yes included Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba in the starting eleven.
But Rayados was able to overcome and improve in the second half, materializing in goals the numerical superiority after the expulsion in David Ruiz.
Fernando Ortiz’s team counts its five matches in the tournament with victories and will try to close the pass to next week’s semifinals in Mexican territory.
Miami, from less to more
The first shot on goal came quickly. Only three minutes of play and the Mexican Brandon Vazquez just found the ball to turn and threaten Drake Callender that prevented the goal.
From the 15th minute, the locals took control and slowed down the pace of the game. Chances are theirs too. One of the clearest comes with an action on the right Julian Gresselalmost no angle, looking for Vaseline in a Esteban Andrada who cleared the corner kick.
Gressel himself took the corner, from low, quite simply for a visit to the defense that, on the other hand, allowed the team to finish almost at will. Aviles. The Argentine took advantage of Rayados’ disturbance and was first past Andrada to put Inter Miami past in the 18th minute.
In the 35th minute, Robert Taylor retired due to muscle problems and made way for young Leo Alfonso, just a day after signing his contract with the pink team.
A few minutes after entering he was the star of a three-match against that, with Suarez and Alba He didn’t finish the ball in the net.
The Rayados had to resort to fixed tactics to threaten again Callenderbut Inter continued to attack on the counterattack, having two more chances with Suárez and the narrow lead closed in the first half.
Rayados’ reaction
The restart meant an improvement for Rayados, but what allowed them to regain control the most was playing with numerical superiority for the last 25 minutes including stoppage time.
Ruíz slapped, already with a yellow card Mesa without the ball in play to the referee right in front of him. The Honduran referee was forced to send off his compatriot and plans to send off Martin for the second half they changed a lot.
Just three minutes later Rayados equalized with a terrible mistake by Busquets in defending a corner kick. The ex-blaugrana headed against his own goal, forcing him to clear it and lose his balance. Callender. The rejection went in Meza’s favor, who just had to push it as far as he wanted.
Tied at one, the game got heated and sunrise he sees his second yellow. There the referee thought twice and allowed the home side to continue with ten men.
Inter ended the night locked in their own area, forced to give the minutes the players wanted Suarez and looking to survive to reach the second leg with some guarantees.
Far from having the advantage, they found themselves on Mexico’s second goal.
Gómez gave the ball away initially and conceded Jorge ‘Corcho’ Rodríguez it faces and hangs at an angle in the 89th minute and renders Callender’s massive stretch useless.
For the Mexican team, Rodríguez and Sebastián Vegas will be unavailable for the second leg next week due to the accumulation of cautions. Inter Miami will not be able to rely on Ruíz and will try to recover Messi to find something to return to.
match sheets:
1. InterMiami: Callender; Weigandt, Avilés, Freire, Alba; Ruíz, Busquets, Gómez; Gressel, Suárez and Taylor (Afonso, m. 37, replaced by Sailor, m.67).
2. striped: Andrada; Aguirre, Guzmán, Moreno (Vegas, m.46), Arteaga; Romo (Cortizo, m.57), Rodríguez; Meza, Canales, Gallardo (Berterame, m.57); Vázquez (Corona, d. 85).
The objectives: 1-0, Avilés (m.18). 1-1, Meza (m.69). 1-2, Rodríguez (m.89)
Referee: Walter López (Honduras). He showed yellow to Gómez (m.33), Ruíz (m.42), Alba (m.61) and Busquets (m.76) for the locals and to Gallardo (m.45), Rodríguez (m.83 ) and Vegas (mm90). He also sent off Ruíz for a double yellow (m.65).
Incidents: First leg of the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup, played at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA) in front of approximately 18,000 spectators
Source: La Verdad
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