In a hot derby from Florida, the Orlando City took advantage of Lionel Messi To lie on Sunday 4-1 to Inter Miami at the premiere of Rodrigo de Paul In the American League (Mls).
The Colombian striker Luis Muriel was the star of the night at the Inter & Co Stadium of Orlando with two goals in the 2s and 50 minutes while the Argentine Martín Ojeda (58) and the Croatian Mario Pasalic (88) completed the beating.
The Italian Yannick Bright discounted for visitors in minute 5
Paul’s Argentine, brand new signing of the team that trains Javier Mascherano, played his first game in the MLS after having premiered with the pink shirt in three games of the CUP leagues.
Inter accused the absence of the second game followed by Messi, whom Mascherano hopes to recover from his muscle injury for the quarterfinals of the Leagues CUP of August 20 against the Mexican Tigers.
“Today there was only one team. We did not play with the intensity that this game was needed and they surpassed us from the first minute,” said the Jife at a press conference in which he was very critical of the attitude of his players.
We are “very hurt and very worried. If we really want to compete this is not the way,” said the Argentine helmsman. “As a leader of this group, it hurts a lot to give the image we gave today.”
The defeat descends a scale to Miami to the sixth place of the East Conference with 42 points. The herons, however, have played three games less than the leader of the sector, Philadelphia Union, which has 51 points.
Orlando, fourth with 44 and also classified to the Leagues Cup qualifiers, on his triumph at 95 seconds of play, when veteran Muriel crossed in the race the heart of the visiting defense, received a precise assistance from Ojeda and beat the Argentine goalkeeper Oscar Ustari under his legs.
Only three minutes later Bright matched the score with his first target with the Miami shirt, in a fulminant volley from the edge of the area.
Colombiano Muriel double
After half an hour, the game was muddy with a succession of harsh entries and protests that resulted in which the referee showed up to five yellow cards before the break.
De Paul, who had a gray performance, tried fortune with a diverted shot from outside the area at the beginning of the second half.
The duel opted after Orlando’s side with Muriel’s goals, in an individual action after corner service, and Ojeda, with a powerful shot to the first stick.
In 67, Uruguayan Luis Suarez was close to reducing the disadvantage with a shot from the central circle but the Peruvian goalkeeper Pedro Gallese backed away a time and cleared with a providential hand.
The party in Orlando was complete when Mario Pasalic took advantage of the passivity of Inter defense to score the fourth goal for the squad led by the Colombian Oscar Pareja.
In other results of the 26th day of the MLS, FC Cincinnati, second classified from the East, lost 1-0 on its court in front of the Charlotte with a lonely goal from the ivory Wilfried Zaha.
In the 85th minute, the former Crystal Palace star took advantage of a rebound in the local area to connect a colorful volley that entered adjusted to the first stick.
On the other hand, the New York Red Bulls, current runner-up of the League, beat Real Salt Lake 2-1 with an Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting double.
The Cameroon won a penalty in the 84th minute by throwing it to Panenka at the hands of the Brazilian goalkeeper Rafael Cabral but was redeemed by marking the victory, also of maximum penalty, in 90+9.
