Not even the great goal from the Argentine star Lionel Messi could prevent Nashville SC won 2-1 and extended to a third game of the playoffs next Saturday at Chase Stadium against InterMiami, to define the winner of this series in the eliminatory towards the title of the MLS.
Lionel was dispatched with a great score on a left-footed shot at the near post, but it was not enough to define the series in two games, after the team from the Florida had won 3-1 last week when opening the tie.
Now, with the goals of Sam Surridge penalty, and Josh Bauer the state table Tennessee, They managed to prevail over the complicated eleven of the Herons They are the favorites, but you cannot ignore the complexity of nashville.
The annotation of the leader of the national team Argentina It was the third goal in these ‘playoffs’ and reached forty this year, after this season the famous Flea He was the top gunner of the MLS with 29 goals.
The duel between both teams represented the third time they faced each other in a period of 15 days, after the Decision Day and in the first game of playoffs faces were seen, as well as the meeting this Saturday.
He nashville had great motivation from his fans to take a two-goal lead with the scores of Surridge, who safely transformed a maximum penalty, and of Bauerwho took advantage of a rebound in the penalty area after a play a set piece.
But Inter Miami You will not be able to complain about lack of options, since Luis Suarez hit a post in the first half and then Messi He had the goal until extra time that reduced the distance, but he did not avoid the setback in the second game of the knockout.
Unfortunately, Messi, He did not continue celebrating the renewal of his contract with the Inter Miami until 2028, he has 74 goals with the club’s shirt Florida, which arrived in 2023.
This result revives the ghosts of last season for the Inter Miami with Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino on the bench when they were eliminated by the Atlanta Unitedwhen they beat the team from Georgia, then he lost the second in the Mercedes Benz Stadium and were eliminated in a third game in the Chase Stadium, in a great failure for the Herons that cost the Argentine coach his job.
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