A goal from the Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana in extra time this Saturday gave a 1-0 win to Inter Miami in front of DC Unitedin a match with some clear goal play but dominated by the locals and a tough one. Leo Messi He returned to the starting eleven after missing Wednesday’s previous game against Orlando City due to knee discomfort resulting from a blow last weekend against Montreal.
Jordi Alba also started again, having played a few minutes as a substitute against Orlando City on Wednesday and after missing four games with injury. Inter Miami, playing in a 4-3-3, started with Alex Bono’s goal and ball control against a defensive United set up in a 5-3-2.
Heavy rain poured into the Chase Stadium, which initially forced the start of the game to be delayed, which began with Messi and his teammates making plays with many passes that went to waste. The Argentine number 10, the Uruguayan Luis Suárez and the Paraguayan Matías Rojas, who received a yellow card for unsportsmanlike play, tried without success to clear the goal throughout the first half.
For its part, the few times DC United got into the opponent’s half didn’t hurt either and they only had one shot on goal in the entire first half.
The Florida team, the top scorer in the league and leader of the East, continued to press at the beginning of the second half, but with the Washington team more active in counterattacks. After ten minutes of play in the second half, Robert Taylor came on for Benja Cremashi in Miami and Matti Peltola replaced Jackson Hopkins in DC United, who started to reach Drake Callender’s goal with more risk.
After the changes implemented by the coaches, the two teams easily reached the opponent’s big area, but the finish was not completed. Referee Guido González awarded 9 minutes of extra time which Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana, who had replaced Rojas minutes earlier, took advantage of to score a shot from the center of the area assisted by Sergio Busquets, to achieve victory for those from Florida. .
DATA SHEET
1 – Inter Miami: Callender; Weidan, Avilés, Freire (Kryvtov, m.66) Alba; Cremaschi (Taylor, m.57), Busquets, Gressel; Messi, Suárez and Rojas (Campana, m.90+3).
0 – DC United: bonds; Santos (Rodriguez, m.80/Peroni m.90), Bartlett, Birnbaum (Tubbs), McVev, Herrera; Klich, Hopkins (Peltola, m.56), Stroud (Murrel, m.79); T. Ku-Dipietro (Dájome m.64) and Benteke.
Purpose: 1-0, Bell (m. 90+4)
Referee: Guido González (USA). He showed a yellow card to local Rojas (m.30) and visitors Benteke (m.26), McVey (m.48) and Klich (m.90+6).
Incidents: Match corresponding to the fourteenth day of MLS, played at Chase Stadium in Miami.
Source: La Verdad
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