MLS (USA) is back in action while Copa America is about to take place this weekend (June 21).
Therefore, the two famous players Messi and Suarez, who are focusing on the national teams of Argentina and Uruguay, cannot be in the Inter Miami squad.
However, with the remaining members, the team of President and co-owner David Beckham has overcome difficulties spectacularly to win away from home.
More significantly, they came back from behind in the 3rd minute and played with only 9 players on the field from the 84th minute.
Player Mikael Uhre scored the opening goal for Philadelphia Union in the 3rd minute. At the beginning of the second half, Julian Gressel managed to equalize 1-1 for Inter Miami.
But in the 69th and 84th minutes, two players of Inter Miami, David Ruiz and Tomas Aviles, were sent off after receiving their second yellow card of the match.
However, in the extra minutes, substitute Leo Afonso scored a spectacular goal to help Inter Miami win 2-1 impressively.
“The comeback was amazing. Fighting until the last minute, Inter Miami (with a powerful arm symbol)”, David Beckham wrote on his Instagram timeline.
Inter Miami played in a context where not only were their two top stars Messi and Suarez absent, but Mr. David Beckham himself was also not in the US to support the team, because he was in England on summer vacation and attending business events there. Therefore, Inter Miami’s victory made the important figures of this team really excited.
Before that, Mr. David Beckham had prepared the team and plans for Inter Miami from the beginning of the season, because he was sure that Messi and Suarez would participate in Copa America. Therefore, players like Busquets, Jordi Alba, goalkeeper Callender, defender Marcelo Weigandt, young talent Benjamin Cremaschi, striker Leonardo Campana, Julian Gressel or Robert Taylor, who are not on international duty this time, have become important factors for the team.
The victory helped Inter Miami solidify their position at the top of the MLS table with 38 points after 19 matches. If they continue to maintain this favorable momentum, David Beckham’s team will help Messi and Suarez fully focus on Copa America with great comfort. Messi and Suarez are expected to miss about 5 more matches of Inter Miami, if they and their team advance to the Copa America final (July 15).
Messi recently announced that he is only focusing on playing in Copa America because of his duties with the Argentina national team. Immediately after the tournament, the 36-year-old will return to Inter Miami and skip the chance to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Messi and the Argentina team have arrived in Atlanta to prepare for the opening match of Copa America against Canada at 7am on June 21 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Argentina coach Scaloni also finalized the official list of 26 players for Copa America, with two young talents Valentin Carboni and Alejandro Garnacho participating, while Angel Correa, Valentin Barco and Leo Balerdi are the three players eliminated.
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Source: Tampa Bay Times
