WASHINGTON.- He Inter Miami on Wednesday suffered a forceful 3-0 defeat against FC Cincinnati, which ended five consecutive victories with double goals from Lionel Messi.
The Argentine star said goodbye to his scoring streak, never seen before in the American league (Mls), in an afternoon Aciaga for your team on TQL Stadium.
The American Gerardo Valenzuela opened the scoring in the 16th minute and the Brazilian Evander finished visitors with two other goals in 50 and 70.
Javier Mascherano’s pupils had no ideas or strength to deal with the intense pressure of Cincinnati, second classified from the Eastern Conference.
Inter is immersed in a marathon of matches to catch up at the MLS after the club World Cup dispute.
With Wednesday, Inter played four games in the last 12 days and Mascherano aligned in all of them to its four veteran figures: Messi, Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
“Today the opponent surpassed us from beginning to end,” admitted ‘the Jefecito’ before the press. “They put us all the time under pressure and we were not fresh or lucid.”
“The result and the way they won us obviously that we are worried,” he acknowledged. “We have to dose the team and to compete and win. It is an explosive combo where there is no recipe. Each game we look for the best eleven and the freshest possible.”
Mascherano also pointed out that Messi “suffered a blow at the end, but ended well.”
The Captain of Inter was the only one who rebelled before the resounding local dominance, but, with little support, he was left unmarked in his five auctions.
At 38, the Albiceleste star accumulated five in a row scoring a double in the MLS, two of them before the Club World Cup began.
Look for the leadership
With 16 goals in 17 days played, the ex-star of Barcelona occupies the second place in the artillery table, behind English Sam Surridge (Nashville), which recovered the leadership with a bit in the triumph of Nashville 3-0 against Columbus Crew.
With 15 goals is the Brazilian Evander, the protagonist of another amazing scoring streak with five followed games watching door for a total of 8 goals.
