Inter Miami is waiting for the green light rely on Lionel Messi in the coach’s ‘rescue plan’ Gerardo Martino to take Garzas’ team to the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup this Wednesday, a difficult mission given the 1-2 lead Monterrey took eight days ago.
The second leg of the quarterfinals left the teams that started at home in serious trouble.
For Inter Miami, hope was reborn on Saturday when Messi returned to the field after spending nearly three weeks in dry dock with a muscle injury.
The captain of the Argentine team gave his team the lead against the Colorado Rapids, equalizing at the hour mark.
The new appointment between Monterrey and Inter Miami is preceded by bitter tension between the coach of the Mexican team, the Argentine Fernando ‘Tano’ Ortizand the opposing players.
All because the beginning of this series is new Ortiz He left a message to his students to approach Messi as another footballer and not be afraid of his career.
The second leg of the quarterfinals opens this Tuesday at the stadium of Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL) Tigres and Columbus Crew, who tied 1-1 on April 2 at Lower.com Field.
The Tigres left with a bad taste in their mouths, as they got the three points on the Frenchman’s goal André-Pierre Gignac.
But the Uruguayan winger Diego Rossi saved the toolss of shipwreck for the French team Wilfried Nancy.
América and Pachuca, two of the two most emblematic clubs in Mexico, last week prepared a long road to the semifinals with two wins. And this week, with home games and supported by their fans, they have everything to prove their classification.
If the superiority shown last week in the first leg against New England from the United States and Herediano from Costa Rica is confirmed between Tuesday and Wednesday, América and Pachuca will meet in the semifinals.
Águilas del América awaits New England this Tuesday at the Azteca stadium, which on April 2 was humiliated 0-4 in their backyard, the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough (Massachusetts).
The Uruguayan striker Brian Rodríguez put in the finish that day in the 91st minute in a celebration of goals opened by the Mexicans Henry Martín, Alejandro Zendejas and Cristian Calderón.
Everything went well for Pachuca on Wednesday at the National Stadium in Costa Rica. The Venezuelan striker Salomon Rondon He dismantled the entire structure of Mexican Héctor Altamirano’s team with a hat trick.
The top scorer’s first goal in Vinotinto history came just 3 minutes after the opening whistle. In the 16th minute he signed the second and finished it in the 68th minute.
Concacaf Champions Cup second leg matches
09.04 Tigres (MEX) – Columbus Crew (USA) First leg: 1-1
09.04 América (MEX) – New England (USA) First leg: 0-4
10.04 Pachuca (MEX) – Herediano (CRC) First leg: 0-5
10.04 Monterrey (MEX) – Inter Miami (USA) First leg: 1-2
Source: La Verdad
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