2024-08-26 19:14:32
Published: 13:12, 25 August 2024 Updated: 13:26, 25 August 2024
Lionel Messi is not there, the fear was there. But there is Luis Suarez. That’s it. Inter Miami secured Major League Soccer (MLS) playoff ticket without Messi. Suarez became the hero against FC Cincinnati with a pair of goals. The win was 2-0.
Miami scored early in the game at Chase Stadium in Florida on Saturday (August 24). Suarez scored the goal before one minute of the match was over. The Uruguayan star gave Miami the lead with a great finish after receiving the ball inside the box.
Miami got another goal soon after this goal. Suarez on the scene again. In the sixth minute of the match, the Uruguayan striker entered the box after passing the ball with Matias Rohas and scored a perfect finish. Then it seemed that a flood of goals would flow. But that didn’t happen.
After Miami scored two goals in just 6 minutes, the team had to play with 10 men the rest of the time. In the 42nd minute, Tomás Aviles left the field after seeing a red card. Miami has had to focus more on saving goals than scoring goals, and the team has succeeded in doing so.
With this victory, Miami confirmed the playoffs as the first team with 8 matches in hand. They have 56 points in 26 games in the Eastern Conference. Cincinnati, which is second in the league, has 48 points in 26 games. Miami last got a playoff ticket in 2022.
7 teams each from two conferences (Eastern Conference and Western Conference) will get tickets for MLS Playoffs. The play-offs will start from October 26
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