The Argentinian Lionel Messi He returned this Wednesday with a goal after missing the last visit to Vancouver, but the Inter Miami fell 1-3 at home against Atlanta United on the seventeenth day of MLS. Messi did not board the seven-hour flight that brought Inter Miami to Vancouver on Saturday to save energy for this week’s games against Atlanta and Saint Louis, his last two games with the Florida club before joining the Argentina concentration for the preparation before the Copa América.
He returned to Argentine coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino’s starting eleven alongside Uruguayan Luis Suárez and Spanish Sergio Busquets, who also stayed in Miami last weekend. And Messi played ninety minutes at Chase Stadium, scoring his eleventh MLS goal of the year in the 63rd minute, briefly leaving him two behind the leading scorer, Colombian Christian ‘Chicho ‘ Arango and the Belgian Christian Benteke.
The Argentine beat the rival goalkeeper with a superb low cross shot with his left foot from the 23rd minute that restored hope to Inter Miami, who at that time were losing 2-0. Georgian Saba Lobzhanidze put Atlanta United, ‘Tata’ Martino’s former team, ahead with a fine goal from outside the area at the end of the half hour and extended the advantage on the hour mark with a beautiful curved left-footed shot from at 18 meters. .
In that action, Argentine Thiago Almada scored the goal with a fantastic play in his half of the field to free himself from pressure from Sergio Busquets. Almada, one of the purest talents in MLS and ready to make the jump to European football, showed a great technical level at home to Messi.
Despite everything, Inter Miami remains the leader in the East
Inter Miami’s hope was short-lived despite Messi’s 1-2, as Almada again directed a great action by Atlanta and opened a triangulation that ended 3-1 with Senegalese Jamal Thiare in the th -73 minutes Despite the loss, Inter Miami maintained the lead in the East thanks to Cincinnati’s home defeat against Nashville (0-2).
Source: La Verdad
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