Mauricio Pereyra scored the winning goal just minutes after his team gave up the tie in the second half, achieving for Orlando City SC a 2-1 win over him Inter Miami CF.
An own goal by Andrés Reyes represented Orlando’s first goal in the 34th minute, while Brek Shea scored the only goal of the night for David Beckham’s team in the 65th minute.
Orlando started attacking fast: in the 11th minute Nani hit a shot that seemed destined to go to the back of the net, but it bounced off the wood. The home team went into the break with a 1-0 lead after Reyes (Inter) tried to clear a free kick from Pereyra but ended up putting the ball into his own net.
The game was open in the second half, but it remained 1-0 until Shea’s draw against his former team in the 65th minute. The veteran midfielder jumped a lot to find a cross from Rodolfo Pizarro and with a perfectly placed header to overcome the goalkeeper by Orlando Pedro Gallese.
However, the game would not be tied for long, as the Lions counterattacked just four minutes later when Mueller assisted Pereyra in the edge of the area, allowing the Uruguayan to score the lead goal.
In 74 ‘the referee reviewed a possible penalty in the VAR of Rodrigo Schlegel and caused great confusion, since in the first instance he expelled the defender and whistled a penalty in favor of Inter, but minutes later he changed his decision due to what he was told from the cockpit and whistled offside from the attacker.
Other results
New York City-Cincinnati 2-1
Philadelphia-New England 2-1
Dallas-Dynamo 2-1
Nashville-Atlanta United 4-2
Real Salt Lake-Colorado 0-5
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