Inter Miami wins thanks to Campana's goal and sets its sights on a points record in the MLS

It was not necessary for Rosario’s Argentine idol, Lionel Messi, to be out of the entire game to achieve the victory Inter Miami 1 goal to 0 against Toronto FC, with a goal in injury time by Ecuadorian striker Leonardo Campana, and the Las Garzas team already has the record for points in Major League Soccer (MLS).

Leonardo Campana opened the scoring of the match in the 93rd minute when he was able to score a goal in an agonizing and spectacular way, after a pass from the Uruguayan striker Luis ‘El Pistolero’ Suárez, in just the second shot on goal by Inter Miami at the BMO Field facilities in the city of Toronto in Canada.

Campana is having a great moment

Campana, who has just been called up to the Ecuadorian national team for the next 2 dates of the World Cup qualifiers of Conmebol in the current month, opened the ball on the left wing for ‘Lucho’ Suárez, who returned a precise pass that Campana was able to control with his left thigh and finished with a volley on the half turn.

With Inter Miami’s narrow victory against Toronto FC, the Florida team has 71 points in a total of 33 games of the regular season and is very close to being able to beat the record of 73 points achieved by the New England Revolution in the 2021 campaign. In order to make this possible, Inter Mimi’s team needs to beat the New England Revolution itself in front of its home crowd. the last day that will give way to the playoffs, which will be held on October 19.

Messi from the bench

This Saturday, Argentine coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino reserved his quartet of figures for the start formed by Messi, Suárez and the Spanish Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.

“We were able to meet both objectives, that the players had some rest and win the game. We wanted the win because it represents, on a motivational level, achieving the points record,” explained the Argentine technical director in the post-match press conference.

Although Messi, Suárez and Busquets entered in the second half, Toronto FC was the team that was most solid in the game and that he was always looking as hard as he could for victory to keep his hopes of getting a place in the playoffs alive.

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