Inter Miami suffered more for the injury of Lionel Messi but he achieved a demanded 5-4 triumph in the penalties over Necaxa In a match loaded with tension, which was played at the Chase Stadium of Fort Lauderdale for the second day of the group stage of the group of the Leagues Cup.
The American team tied 2-2 in the 90 minutes, with assistance from Rodrigo de Paul Unworthy, and then 5-4 was imposed on the penalties, adding two fundamental points in their struggle to advance to the next instance.
The beginning of the meeting was injured for the team led by Javier Mascherano: Messi had to leave eight minutes for a nuisance in his right leglighting the alarms in the coaching staff. Despite that decline, the herons quickly advanced thanks to a goal by Tlasco Segovia at 12 minutes of the first half. However, joy lasted little: Maximiliano Falcón was expelled at 17 minutes and left his team with one less.
Necaxa took advantage of numerical superiority and began to generate danger. Tomás Badaloni marked equality at 33 minutes, and already in the second half, Ricardo Monreal put 2-1 for the rays after an assistance from Agustín Palavecino. At that height, the Mexican team seemed to go to victory.
But Inter Miami did not give up: with delivery and determination, he managed to tie about the time with a goal from Jordi Alba at 46 minutes of the complement, which led the definition to the penalties to determine the winner of the extra point.
From the twelve steps, emotions continued. Rodrigo de Paul, Benjamín Cremaschi, Jordi Alba, Federico Redondo and Luis Suárez scored for Inter Miami, while Badaloni missed his auction for Necaxa, allowing the local team to keep the 5-4 victory. Suárez’s final penalty, at the angle, sealed the triumph.
With this result, Inter Miami added two points in the table and was well profiled for the last date of the group stage. Necaxa, on the other hand, complicated his classification chances and will need a favorable result in his next meeting.
Source: Ambito
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