Inter Miami begins the start of the MLS with a firm step by defeating Real Salt Lake – – 2024-02-25 12:18:47

Inter Miami did not disappoint its fans at the start of the MLS. The team led by Tata Martino was in charge of inaugurating a new season in the MLS, and did so by convincingly beating a Real Salt Lake team that had just fought in the last playoffs of last year.

The great work on both sides of the field restored confidence to a team that had shown doubts during their preseason period, where they had only managed to win one of the seven games played. Faced with a great stir generated by doubts and numerous criticisms of the team’s performance, the players have responded in the best possible way.

The seniority of the team’s great leaders and the incipient need to regulate the efforts and minutes of the oldest players surely clouded results throughout the preseason. Now, after just one official match, it seems to have seen a lot of what Inter Miami can offer in order to fight for all the titles this year in 2024.

Balanced and ‘star’ team
This Inter Miami seems to be built on a series of high-quality players and tactical and technical criteria at the level of very few in American soccer. Not in vain, the great leaders of the team are players like Messi, Busquets, Suárez or Jordi Alba, true specialists in managing matches in which their team dominates.

In the defensive field, the idea is clear: defend with the ball, or what is the same, protect yourself with possession. It is essential for the team to get very long possessions where the ball moves from side to side, in order to wear down the opposing team and thus avoid quick transitions when a loss of the ball occurs. It is also key to carry the ball very far from the area in all plays, in order to force the rest of the teams to always build from very far from the danger zone.

In attack, the team has more alternatives and players capable of determining a match. Although it seems clear that Leo Messi’s impact is going to be a differential factor throughout the course, Luis Suárez’s scoring instinct, Robert Taylor’s class, and the appearance of very talented secondary actors with a voracious hunger seem to be more than enough for the team to continue in a winning dynamic that keeps them as the great favorite to win it all.