Philadelphia gets on the field and makes a problem for Inter Miami who, like at the beginning of the game, is slow to go.
The second half of Inter Miami 2 vs. Philadelphia Union 1.
Inter Miami recovers from a goal conceded one minute into the match and, with two goals from Lionel Messi, comes back in the match against the Philadelphia Union: they win 2-1.
Now, the combination of Messi-Suárez and a goal from the Uruguayan, which he explains from a distance with a shot that hits the right post of the goalkeeper of Philadelphia. Inter Miami will get the game back on track and go to the locker room with two goals for it. The play has been reviewed by the referee due to accusations made by Messi. At the request of the VAR, it is suspended.
And the Philadelphia keeper prevents Inter Miami’s third goal. Messi looks lively, active, lying on the right side and no sign of the injury that sidelined him for two months.
As in Barcelona, Jordi Alba fires the center after a pass from Redondo, Messi appears in the heart of the area and wears the ball with his left foot to make it 2-1 for Inter Miami.
In the first deep play, Inter gets the tie. Jordi Alba goes inside, sees Luis Suárez and the Uruguayan helping Messi. La Pulga hooks, gets rid of his mark and explains from the right: 1-1.
Another mistake by Avilés almost ended with the visitors’ second goal. Again, Uhre can score, but goalkeeper Callender prevents it twice. The second, with the chest.
The former Defensa y Justicia and River player feels muscle discomfort and requires medical attention. Tata Martino looks on the bench and Noah Allen comes. A disastrous start for Inter Miami.
The Messi-Suárez connection has not yet appeared, but the Argentine and the Uruguayan are looking for each other on the field. Inter lose 1-0.
Tomás Avilés makes a mistake when he directs the ball, the ball goes to Dane Mikael Uhre, who connects it, leaves Héctor David Martínez in the way and takes a left-footed shot that cannot be blocked by Callender. Amazing in Fort Lauderdale!
Inter Miami and Philadelphia Union are already playing at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.
More than three months have passed since Lionel Messi played his last game with an Inter Miami shirt: it was on June 2 against St. Louis (draw 3-3). And just two months have passed since he last appeared for the Argentine team, in the final of the Copa América, against Colombia. A ligament injury in his right ankle kept him off the field until today. Inter Miami announced him as a starter to play with Philadelphia Union, along with his friend Luis Suárez.
Oscar Ustari, the last to join the Inter Miami team, will be part of the center bench of the Florida team. The 38-year-old Argentine goalkeeper joined the team to compete with the team’s starting goalkeeper, Drake Callender. “I am excited to join a club like Inter Miami and I am grateful for this opportunity to be a part of this great institution that is focused on good things. “I’m also very happy to be back with Leo (Messi) in the locker room and on the pitch after so long,” he said in his presentation.
Welcome to the live coverage of the match between Inter Miami, with Lionel Messi from the start, against Philadelphia Union. The match, valid for the Major League Soccer of America, will start at 8:30 pm, Argentina time, and will be played at the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, where the pink shirt team is at home.
Even without Messi, Inter Miami is the best team in the MLS Eastern Conference. He leads Cincinnati with eight points and Columbus with 10. Their rival tonight is in eleventh place, with only 30 points.
