With Lionel Messi And the rest of figures as headlines, the Inter Miami He rescued at the last minute a 2-2 draw this Friday against Orlando City with which he closes his preseason without knowing the defeat.
The Haitian International Fafà Picault, taking advantage of a rejection in the small area, matched the duel for Inter in the 90+3 minute of this friendly played in Tampa (Florida).
Messi left in the initial eleven, as in the four previous friendlies, along with veterans Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.
The Argentine star just enjoyed goal options in the 75 minutes that remained in the grass of Raymond James Stadium.
The clearest opportunity occurred in the 19th minute with a free kick that he sent above the arch of the Peruvian Pedro Gallese.
The Argentine star, which on February 22 will start his third campaign in the American League (MLS), closed the preseason with two goals and two assists in a total of 354 minutes of play.
Orlando opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a left -footed shot by the Argentine Martín Ojeda with whom his compatriot Óscar Ustari resolved in front of him.
The joy lasted little for City fans since in the 22nd minute the Argentine Tadeo Allende armed a wall with the Uruguayan Luis Suárez and tied with a cross shot.
It was the second target in Allende’s preseason, landed in January in Miami assigned by the Spanish Vigo.
Another Argentine, Ramiro Enrique, took advantage of a loss of the Ball of Paraguayan defender David Martínez to return the advantage to Orlando in 54.
In the last sigh, a shot by Robert Taylor was diverted in the goal line by Colin Guske. The ball ended at the feet of Fafa Picault to place the definitive draw in this Derbi of Florida state equipment.
In this way, Inter ended its preparation for the new MLS campaign with a balance of two wins and three draws.
