Emotional Clash Between LA Galaxy and Inter Miami Kicks off Major League Soccer 2024 Season with Messi Goal

The beginning of the Major League Soccer 2024 delivered a clash full of emotions between LA Galaxy vs Inter Miami from the metropolitan area of ​​Los Angeles, in a match where those led by Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino rescued the tie on the hour mark, thanks to an inexorable connection between Messi and Jordi Alba that It ended in a goal for the Herons captain.

It is true that the distribution of points at the Dignity Health Sports Park could not be explained without the enormous performance of Drake Callender against a Greg Vanney team that attacked insistently, but now all the spotlights will go to the legendary Argentine soccer player, who debuts with score in the new season of the North American league.

During the first half, just in the 13th minute, Riqui Puig found himself with a penalty from Sergio Busquets on Joseph Paintsil, but what the Spanish midfielder did not count on was the save from Callender, who instead of going to one side decided wait to see the execution of the home team’s ’10’ and he stopped the 1-0 to send a corner kick.

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In the same first half, which was mostly led by the Galaxy, the Herons’ North American goalkeeper was attentive to deflect a powerful shot from Puig and keep the clean sheet in his goal. At the end of the first half, Messi and Busquets tried to calm down Inter, so they were never able to connect with Luis Suárez on offense.

Those from ‘Tata’ started better in the complement than those from California, but they could not generate opportunities of real danger, so time passed little by little. The Argentine technical director decided to retire Suárez in the 67th minute, in a match that was very complicated for the Uruguayan. At 75′ the home team’s goal appeared, in a shot by Puig that Callender stopped, but Marky Delgado was able to assist Dejan Joveljic on the rebound and the Serbian scored the 1-0 score that made the entire stadium explode.

Messi and Alba to the rescue of Inter Miami

Even though they had not been able to generate clear actions in front of John McCarthy’s goal, the legendary footballers of FC Barcelona did not tire of going forward, which is why they made Galaxy have to retreat little by little with the advantage in the marker. In addition to this, in the 88th minute Delgado received a red card for a double yellow card and everything went to Inter Miami.

Around the hour mark, and when it seemed that the first defeat of the campaign would come for the Herons, Riqui Puig cut off a pass from Messi into space, but the ball was once again left to the visitors’ captain with the goal in front of him. What came next was a clear example of the complicity between the ’10’ and ’18’ of the Fort Lauderdale franchise, as they made two walls so that Messi could send the ball to the back of the net and the 1- 1 definitive arrived to rescue his team.

Changes

David Ruiz (66′, Robert Taylor), Leonardo Campana (66′, Luis Suárez), Gabriel Pec (69′, Diego Fagúndez), John Nelson (78′, Julián Aude), Lawson Sunderland (83′, Julian Gressel), Shanyder Borgelin (83′, Diego Gómez), Daniel Aguirre (85′, Joseph Paintsil), Miguel Berry (85′, Dejan Joveljic)

Goals

1-0, 74′: Dejan Joveljic1-1, 91′: Messi

Cards

Referee: Gabriele Ciampi
VAR referee: Sandro Meira Ricci
Julian Gressel (10′, Yellow) Busquets (20′, Yellow) Marky Delgado (45′, Yellow) Alba (50′, Yellow) Marky Delgado (87′,Roja)

Classification Classification PT PJ PG PE PP 1

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2024-02-26 04:50:59
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