Without Lionel Messi, Inter Miami achieved a new victory in a recent MLS matchday

The Las Garzas team of Inter Miami obtained a new victory and a quite valuable one in the most recent matchday of Major League Soccer by defeating 1 goal by 2 against the Vancouver Whitecaps in a match where both Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and ‘El Pistolero’ Luis Suárez were not in play. The team led by Argentine Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino had players like Leonardo Campana and Robbie Taylor as spearheads to consolidate itself as the leading team in the Eastern Conference.

The scoring opened in the 38th minute of play when the Finn Robbie Taylor scored score a great goal to put the pink club ahead. Although its main figures were not on the playing field, the club managed to maintain a high level of play, something that was reflected in what was the solid defense and effectiveness in the attack of Las Garzas.

Not Messi? No problem!

For the second half of the game, the Vancouver Whitecaps intensified their pressure of play on the visiting team, but it did not have the expected effect and much less when at minute 54 of the match, the pink team’s 9th, Leonardo Campana took advantage of a masterful pass from Robbie Taylor and scored Inter Miami’s second goal, achieving This is his fourth goal of the current Major League Soccer season.

However, Vancouver did not give up a single second and looked for the discount as much as possible. and finally all the efforts were worth it as they managed to shorten the distance thanks to a penalty kick awarded by the referee and it was the Scotsman Ryan Gauld who was in charge of executing it and made it 1-2.

Vancouver tried, but fell short

The match was quite close until the end but Inter Miami was able to sustain 1-2 in their favor and managed to obtain the 3 points that extend their unbeaten streak of 10 games, while the Vancouver Whitecaps have accumulated 6 games in total without knowing the victory, which makes their aspirations for the current campaign much more complicated in the North American championship.

For Vancouver there was a lot of expectation for this duel against Inter Miami due to the absences of Messi, Suárez and Busquets, to the point that Axel Schuster, general director of the Whitecaps, warned the team’s fans through a press release about the high probability that these players were not in the game and would not travel to the match either.

“Although we have not received an official update on the availability of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Sergio Busquets for this weekend, we understand that they will not make this trip. Unfortunately, we have no control over who plays for our rival and it was important for us to communicate this to our fans as soon as possible,” Schuster explained.

Why didn’t Messi, Busquets and Suárez play?

The decision to reserve these figures seems to be focused on the next commitments of Inter Miami, who must face matches against Atlanta United and Saint Louis City at the Chase Stadium facilities in Fort Lauderdale, in order to be able to manage the physical performance and wear and tear of their key players in a crucial phase of the season.

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