Chicago Fire Endo five goals to Inter Miami by Leo Messi and Luis Suarez and lay 3-5 at the Chase Stadium of Fort Lauderdale to seal the ticket for the ‘playoffs’ of the Mls. The Fire walked and punished the defensive deficiencies of the Argentine coach Javier Mascherano, who at the offensive level had momentarily traced a 1-3 adverse with goals from Toto Avilés and a double of Suárez.
The Inter Miami was fourth in the east of the MLS, seven points from the leader Philadelphia Union, with one less match. Everything went in the Chase Stadium of Fort Lauderdale. Inter Miami paid the wear and tear of the last weeks, in which it played six games in 18 days, and did it mainly at the defensive level.
The Ivory Dje d’Avilla and Jonathan Dean gave a double advantage to the Fire in the first thirty minutes and, although Tomás Aviles cut for Inter Miami after a corner kick hanging by Leo Messi in 42, the Mascherano team received 1-3 in the addition of the hand of Rominigue Kouamé.
Inter Miami did not miss heart. Messi touched the second with a left-handed shot that repelled the post in 52, but five minutes later Suarez cut with the 2-3. ‘The gunman’ completed his personal double in 74 by taking advantage of a Jordi Alba satin center and put the game again in balance.
Luis Suarez scored a double with Inter Miami against Chicago
But the defensive troubles of the Mascherano team would emerge again. In the 80s, Mauricio Pineda picked up a rebound in the area and gave Justin Reynold the comfortable assistance to make it score at pleasure 4-3. It was a psychological blow to Inter Miami, which definitely succumbed to a spectacular goal by Brian Gutiérrez, with a powerful right leg shot from the 23 meters entered by the squad.
It was the first time that Inter Miami receives five goals at home since the arrival of Leo Messi to Florida team. The Fire, which surpassed Columbus in the eighth place of the Eastern Conference, will return to the MLS playoff for the first time since 2017.
