The Clash of Titans: LAFC vs. Inter Miami - Dreaming of Messi's Mastery and Playoffs

2023-09-03 18:05:00

(CNN Spanish) — The last game before joining the Argentine team to play the qualifiers. This is how Argentine fans can anticipate the match that the Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) and Inter Miami will play this Sunday.

For the fans of the Florida team, it is the chance to continue adding points and deducting units with their sights set on reaching the playoffs. For the fans who are in Los Angeles and go to the stadium it will be the possibility of seeing Lionel Messi live as a starter.

After the draw against Nashville SC at home, Miami travels to Los Angeles and faces LAFC, a team that is second in the Western Conference with 40 points. Gerardo Martino’s team has not yet known defeat since the arrival of Messi and with ten games to go before the end of the season, he still dreams of discounting the ten points that separate him from the Chicago Fire and entering the playoffs.

I dream that a lot has to do with Messi and the new additions. Since the Argentinian arrived, Miami has not lost a game (six wins and four draws), won the first Leagues Cup title in its history and reached the US Open Cup final where it will face Houston Dynamo.

Messi contributed in nine games with ten goals and three assists that allow the South Florida team to dream of aspiring to everything.

Opponent: Los Angeles Football Club

The team led by Steven Cherundolo comes from a 2-1 loss as a visitor to Charlotte. But at home they have won their last two games and playing at home is one of their strengths.

Of the thirteen games they played at the BMO Stadium, they won eight, drew two and lost three. With 40 points, they are second in the Western Conference, seven units behind St. Louis and for the moment with a guaranteed place in the playoffs.

His two international figures are the Mexican Carlos Vela, who has nine goals and seven assists this season, and the Italian Giorgio Chiellini. But their standout player this year is Gabonese’s Denis Bounaga, who has scored 12 goals and provided 6 assists so far this MLS regular season. In all competitions he directly contributed to 36 goals, converting 25 and providing 11 assists, more than any other player in the league.