2023-09-16 23:17:03
Without Lionel Messi but with Facundo Farías, Benjamín Cremaschi and Tomás Avilés as starters, Gerardo Martino’s Inter Miami fell to Thiago Almada’s Atlanta United 5-2. Tata’s team won it with a great goal from Leonardo Campana – who also scored a penalty in the second half – but the locals turned the score around thanks to Tristan Muyumba, Brooks Lennon, Georgios Giakoumakis, Tyler Wolff and a goal against Kamal Miller. Thus, the Garzas suffered their first defeat in the MLS since the arrival of La Pulga to the club.
The game started off difficult for those from Fort Lauderdale, with an Atlanta United team that dominated the game from the beginning and had the clearest chances. However, the local team was not forceful and did not take advantage of any of them at the beginning.
It was there when, at the worst moment for the Garzas, a bomb by Dixon Arroyo burst the crossbar of Brad Guzan’s goal and the ball fell to Campana, who with a beautiful hat shook off the mark and scored 1-0 for Inter Miami.
A few minutes later came Atlanta United’s reaction. First, with a controversial goal from Frenchman Tristan Muyumba because it was not clear whether the ball entered Drake Callender’s goal in its entirety – although the VAR did not reverse the referee’s decision. Then, with a great stack from Xande Silva that ended in a goal against Canadian Kamal Miller. As if that were not enough, one minute before the end of the first half, Brooks Lennon increased the difference for Gonzalo Pineda’s team and scored the third for his team.
The second half started with controversy. A shot by Facundo Farías hit the arm of defender Luis Abram and led to a penalty for Inter Miami. There, the one who took charge of the shot was Campana, who scored and made things 3-2.
The game got hot and the teams didn’t give each other a break. However, the goals were not coming and the tension was increasing. It was there when, in one of those pure rushing advances, the Greek Georgios Giakoumakis received a cross near the six-yard box, subtly scored against Callender and made it 4-2.
Finally, after a rude error by Kamal Miller – who had a game to forget -, the Georgian Saba Lobzhanidze gave the ball to Tyler Wolff so that he could finish the game with a strong shot that meant the score was 5-2. . The seven minutes added by the referee were of little use as the score was too high in favor of the locals. Thus, Inter Miami suffered a tough defeat that not only complicates their plans to get into the Playoffs, but also meant the Herons’ first defeat in the MLS since the arrival of Lionel Messi to the club.
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