Inter Miami and Messi could not beat Nashville for the MLS | Cuyo’s diary

2023-08-31 04:27:36

Lionel Messi could not generate the usual imbalance this afternoon, he was contained and well marked, which is why his team, Inter Miami, drew goalless with Nashville FC, in a match valid for the 29th date of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the United States.

At the Drive Pink stadium, Las Garzas of DT Rosario Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino looked slightly tired and were wrapped in the defensive web that the franchise from the state of Tennessee built, the same rival they beat in a penalty shootout a few days ago to win the so-called Leagues Cup, that tournament that brings together American and Mexican clubs.

The local cast had the clearest chances to unbalance, but collided with an orderly defense and the solvency exhibited by goalkeeper Elliot Panicco.

Precisely, the visiting goalkeeper intervened in the first stage against a one-on-one entry from Finn Robert Taylor to neutralize the attack, after a good clearance from the local ’10’.

The star from Rosario, who appeared in drops and with touches of his immeasurable skill, had the clearest opportunity to achieve victory, when the 46th minute of the second half was over. The ex-Barcelona and PSG player dispatched a placed shot that forced a very good response from the Nashville goalkeeper.

Those led by Gary Smith raised their strategy against it, in the face of some misintelligence that appeared in the whole of South Florida.

Thus he had a propitious opportunity to score at 24m. of the second half, when the German midfielder Hany Mukhtar beat the goalkeeper Callender, but one of the assistants raised the flag and marked an alleged advanced position of the player who sent the ball into the net.

And around 41m, a new controversy settled in the Drive Pink in Fort Lauderdale, when judge Penso did not mark a hand in the Miller area, when Shaffelburg admitted shot at the fence. After reviewing the play, with the collaboration of the VAR, the main referee omitted to announce any sanction.

In the final stretch of the match, DT Martino opted for modifications to give a coup de effect to the Rosario crack company in attack. The youth players David Ruiz and Benjamín Cremaschi, together with the Ecuadorian striker Leonardo Campana, gave Messi greater freedom, who was left as the only striker before the departure of the Venezuelan Martínez.

With this result, the local team continues in the fourteenth position in the Eastern Conference with 22 points, while Nashville, in the same division, has 39 and is seventh.

Argentine defender Tomás Avilés was also enlisted at Inter Miami from the beginning, a reinforcement from Racing Club, who joined this transfer market. Meanwhile, the attacker Facundo Farías, former Colón de Santa Fe, entered the second stage.

Messi, captain of the Argentine national team champion in Qatar 2022, played a new official game before traveling to California over the weekend, to face Los Angeles FC as a visitor on Sunday. Then, the star from Rosario will embark for Argentina to join the team led by DT Lionel Scaloni, who will begin the dispute of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup next week.