Kingston.- Reappearing after two weeks off, Lionel Messi He scored a goal this Thursday in the triumph of Inter Miami 2-0 on the Jamaican Cavalier court, which sealed the pass of the Americans to the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup.
The Uruguayan Luis Suarez opened the scoring at the Kingston National Stadium with a penalty converted into the 37th minute. Messi, who had jumped into the field at the beginning of the second half, completed the victory in 90+2 between applause of the Jamaican public.
Javier Mascherano’s team had also won the first leg of this round of 16-0. In the next phase the Los Angeles FC, rival in the American League (MLS) awaits you.
With the first leg, Mascherano stopped starting his great star in the bank, which was out of competition since February 25 for a muscle overload.
“Leo had not played in the last three games. We wanted me to play, but we needed to find the time to send it to the court,” Mascherano explained to the press. “I think it was good because he felt good, he noted, the people of Jamaica could see him and it was a good night for everyone.”
The Florida squad this time the concentration in defense against the Champion of the Caribbean Cup, which was close to marking in several counterattacks and came to shoot the stick.
Mascherano, who acknowledged that his team was “lucky”, did align the other three exfigures of Barcelona: Suárez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.
‘The gunman’ was very active from the beginning, first with a left head for a shot by the Venezuelan Telasco Segovia and then with a volley that came out deviated.
The inter -sentenced the tie thanks to a penalty indicated by a clear kick by Christopher Ainsworth to Tadeo Allende when the Argentine broke into the local area.
Suarez, who already scored a goal in the first leg, was in charge of converting the first visitor.
Filming for qualifiers
The Jamaican fans, many of whom arrived hours before the game, celebrated the exit to heat Messi at the beginning of the second half.
Among “Messi, Messi” songs, the Argentine star replaced Suárez in the 53rd minute and only a minute later was close to scoring in a trip around.
The visitors were satisfied with the result and the Cavalier only made the Argentine goalkeeper Oscar Ustari work at a shot by Kaile Auvray in the 74th minute.
Messi, however, was hungry for goal and in the discount took advantage of a large filtered pass from Santiago Morales to beat the Jamaican goalkeeper below.
‘La Pulga’ thus had a first filming for Sunday against Atlanta United and the demanding commitments with Argentina in the World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay (March 21) and Brazil (25).
