Fort Lauderdale.- In a rapid reunion after the final volcanic of the CUP leagues, the Inter Miami He defeated Tuesday 3-1 to Seattle Sounders In the American League (Mls), With goals from Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba.
The Spanish side opened the score in Fort Lauderdale (neighboring Miami) in the 12th minute after an assistance from Messi and then returned the favor by enabling the Argentine star for the second goal in 41.
At 38, Messi adds 20 goals in 21 days played this season. Captain Albiceleste is just one goal from the top gunner of the MLS, the Englishman Sam Surridge (Nashville), who has played nine games more than the ex -star of Barcelona.
The Argentine Rodrigo de Paul also scored an assistance on Tuesday with a precise corner kick that the American Ian Fray turned into 3-0 in 52.
The young Mexican midfielder Obed Gómez discounted for Seattle in 69, in a duel that did not have the tension of the final of the Cup Cup live only 16 days before.
Javier Mascherano’s team, who then fought for his second title of that competition, suffered a hard 3-0 defeat after which a trifulca was armed by which Luis Suarez was sanctioned in that tournament and in the MLS.
Tuesday’s triumph allows Inter recover air in the MLS after the 3-0 beating received on Saturday against Charlotte FC and rises three positions in the classification.
Miami is now fifth of the East Conference with 49 points, eight less than the leader Philadelphia Union, but with three games still pending.
“It is an important and necessary victory,” said Mascherano. “He was a great rival who took us the possibility of winning a tournament a couple of weeks ago. We made the game we had to play.”
“We do not like to see each other in this position,” said ‘El Jefecito’ about the place that the Inter holds in the table with seven days to play before the playoffs.
“We have seven finals and our goal is to win the seven to finish first of the conference,” he said.
Messi was close to another
Seattle, fourth of the West with 45 points, made serious mistakes in the first half that facilitated the triumph of Inter, which had up to seven absences, including the Venezuelan international Tlasco Segovia due to physical problems and the ‘gunman’ Suárez.
The Uruguayan striker fulfilled the second of the three suspension matches he received from the MLS for spitting a member of the Sounders in the tangana of the CUP Leagues.
With both teams still measuring on the grass, Cristian Roldán became clueless near the central circle and allowed him to snatch the ball the Italian Yannick Bright, unleashing the counterattack of the Inter.
Messi advanced with the ball and opened for the arrival by the left wing of Jordi Alba, which scored the first goal of strong shot.
The second goal had the same three protagonists. Bright stole a ball again and gave it to Alba’s career, which focused on the area so that Messi stretched and scored from left.
The Argentine was able to expand his locker in the 28th minute when he received an air pass behind the defense’s back, dribly dribbled a defender and finished off the stick delicious.
After the third local goal, with a header from Fray in the small area, the Sounders reacted with a shot to the OSAZE post of Rosario and the goal of Obed Gómez after a triangulation of the visiting attack.
In the final stretch, Messi wasted a hand in hand with goalkeeper Stefan Frei and Mascherano made the young Argentine tip Mateo Silvetti debut, signed last month from the Newell’s Old Boys.
