The games between Atlanta United and Inter Miami are the box office and their first meeting since Atlanta eliminated herons from the MLS Cup qualifiers was not different. Making his first start in the championship this season, Lionel Messi scored his first goal in the League campaign after not having started the last two Miami games due to the management of charges.
The Argentinian recorded an involvement of goal in each match he has played so far this season with four goals and two assists in all competitions, but this goal was not a prototypical objective because of the way in which it was created. Messi closed the Atlanta United midfielder Bartoz Slisz, with defensive pressure, winning the ball, beating a defender and then touching Brad Guzan for arrival when he left his net.
This objective leveled the match for Inter Miami after the powerful head of Emmanual Latte opens the scoring for Atlanta United, but it is far from a prototypical Messi goal. With everything Messi does, defense is not among the best things for which he is known, but recognizing the situation, he acted quickly to transform a chance into a quick objective for herons.
This is an answer that shows that this match can mean a little more after the story that these teams build, but Miami will always have to understand how to bring the ball to Messi with the space to operate and test Guzan plus in the net in order to maintain their undefeated start to this young season.
Atlanta was able to put pressure on Miami’s defense at the start of the match, but when a team in Messi, the missing chances can come back to haunt you.