Brushstrokes of the huge hierarchy of Lionel Messi; prominence of Inter Miami in the game, but also great defensive fragility; and neglect of those that are only seen in the Major League Soccer (MLS) and make the American league very bad advertising. In short, the usual. All of that was seen in the debut with 2-2 garzes as a local in front of New York City.
“The team we have today is built to win championships and in that line we are”, Messi had said at the advancement of an interview for Apple that spread in the previous party. And the beginning of the meeting for those led by Javier Mascherano It was auspicious.
He was seen plugged in Messi in the first minutes. He was the only companion of Luis Suárez In attack, but he constantly threw himself back to get together with the most advanced midfielders and supply the gunman. He even joined near the central circle with Sergio Busquets, Another of his friends and former teammates in Barcelona. It was the team’s handle. Thus, quickly at four minutes of play, 1-0 arrived.
At the exit of a corner shot played in short, Leo leaked inside the area, received a tailored pass from Jordi Alba and attended Tomás Aviles, The former Racing soccer player who opened the scoring when he pulled on the floor to define. And at 21 ‘Inter Miami had an occasion of danger to the 2-0 that Suárez failed to specify.
However, everything changed with the expulsion of Aviles, who saw the red for a last -man play. And there came the goal of the tie. Free kick to the edge of the area, everyone was waiting for auction to the arc of Maxi moral and unusually left the Slovenian Mitja Ilenic. The former Vélez and Racing surprised, played the ball for Ilenic, author of 1-1. Unacceptable error of the herons. Mascherano grabbed his head.
“New York City grabbed Miami doing the nap”, He posted the official MLS account. Reason does not lack.
And if it is about errors, what about the gift that Jordi Alba served to Costa Rican Alonso Martínez. Decentralized, the Spanish defender played a pass back that did not find a partner, but an opponent. Martínez did not forgive.
Messi had a free kick to the edge of the area, Redondo Federico The clearest was lost with a shot inside the area without a brand and the draw ended up arriving in the 100th minute, after a new assistance from Messi and a goal from Tablasco Segovia21 -year -old Venezuelan.
Inter Miami kept the saved of Oscar Ustari And he repeated old mistakes and started the season with a draw. He must improve and much to meet the ambitious expectations described by his captain.