Without Lionel Messi by injury from the 11th minute, the Inter Miami He resorted to the epic again to take two points in front of the Necaxa In the Cup Leagues. In addition, the Pumas UNAM They imposed themselves at Atlanta United and the Americathat looks out to the precipice, continues alive after rescuing two points against the Minnesota United.
Messi abandoned for discomfort in the hamstrings a meeting that ended with 2-2 and triumph for Inter Miami in the penalty shootout 5-4. The party had everything and a lot of arbitration controversy. A minute after the change of Messi, Tlasco Segovia advanced to Florida’s team. In 17, Maxi Falcón left the locals with ten for a direct red controversial and the Necaxa reached the break with 1-1 thanks to a bit of Tomás Badaloni.
The rays also stayed with a player less for double yellow in the 60s of Cristian Calderón, but the Mexicans placed 1-2 in 81 through Ricardo Monreal. It seemed that the Florida club was going to go empty but, as happened in the 2-1 ‘In Extremis’ against Atlas, the Inter Miami resurrected in the outcome with a header in the 92 of Jordi Alba and also scored the extra point from eleven meters.
The Inter has five points and its last game of the first round of the CUP Leagues will be against Los Pumas, which also add five after tracing a United Atlanta 3-2 that no longer has options to reach some rooms in which only the four best of the MLS and the four best of the MX League will be.
Paul had a good performance against Necaxa
The Pumas advanced with a penalty of Álvaro Angulo, but Atlanta United turned before the break with somewhat accredited as Keylor Navas and a target from Emmanuel Latte Lath. However, the university team did not lower his arms and turned the scoreboard with a double by Adalberto Carrasquilla, including a skilled missile and a penalty.
Keylor Navas, low for the game against Inter Miami!
The worst news for Los Pumas was the expulsion in 95 from a Keylor Navas who will not be able to play against Inter Miami. For its part, America, who played more than half an hour with a man less for the expulsion of Igor Lichnovsky, stayed with two points against Minnesota United after 3-3 in regulation time and 5-4 in the batch.
They turned Minesota Tani Oluwaseyi, Hlongwane and Carlos Harvey. America was three times below on the scoreboard but never lost the faith and signed the tables with a goal in Michael Boxall’s own door, one by José Raúl Zúñiga and a header from Sebastián Cáceres in 90. America presents three points before closing its first round against the Portland Timbers, which at the moment leads the classification of the MLS in the leagues cup with six points after winning 1-0 Al Querétaro with goal from Cristhian Paredes.
José Zúñiga, author of a goal for America against Minnesota
The Querétaro is already eliminated and suffered before Portland the expulsion of Jonathan Perlaza in 45 for a double yellow in seconds: the first card for a foul and the second for protesting the referee. Finally, San Luis took two points against Real Salt Lake (2-2 and 1-4 in the batch) while Orlando City beat an atlas already without room options.
Portland, Inter Miami, Minnesota and Columbus, inside
In the absence of this Sunday, the second day of the CUP Leagues, the Portland Timbers (six points), Inter Miami (five), the Minnesota United (four) and the Columbus Crew (four) occupy at the moment the positions of access to quarterfinals in the table of the MLS. On the side of the MX League, the first four for now are the tigers (six points), the Mazatlan (five), the Toluca (five) and Los Pumas (five).
Technical file
2 – Inter Miami: Rocco Ríos Novo; Marcelo Weigandt, Maxi Falcón, Noah Allen (Tomás Avilés, m. 65), Jordi Alba; Tadeo Allende (Gonzalo Luján, m. 29), Sergio Busquets (Yannick Bright, m. 65), Rodrigo de Paul, Telasco Segovia (Benjamin Cremaschi, m. 65), Lionel Messi (Federico Redondo, m. 11) and Luis Suarez.
Coach: Javier Mascherano.
2 – Necaxa: Ezequiel Unsain; Diego de Buen (Johan Rojas), Alexis Peña, Cristian Calderón; Kevin Rosero, Iván Rodríguez, Tomás Jacob, Agustín Palavecino; Diber Cambindo (Ricardo Monreal, m. 73), Tomás Badaloni and Raúl Sánchez (Franco Rossano, m. 65).
Coach: Fernando Gago.
Goals: 1-0, Segovia (m. 12); 1-1, Badaloni (m. 33); 1-2, Monreal (m. 81); 2-2, Jordi Alba (m. 92)
Penalties: 0-1, pavecino (goal); 1-1, from Paul (goal); 1-2, Rojas (goal); 2-2, Creamchi (goal); 2-2, Badaloni (stops novo rivers); 3-2, Jordi Alba (goal); 3-3, Monreal (goal); 4-3, round (goal); 4-4, UNSAIN (goal); 5-4, Luis Suárez (goal).
Referee: Daniel Quintero. He expelled Falcón from Inter Miami in the 17th minute per direct red Calderón for double yellow in 60. He admonished Luis Suarez in Inter Miami.
Incidents: match of the second day of the CUP Leagues played at the Chase Stadium of Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA).
The closure of the second day of the Leagues CUP will star this Sunday the Cincinnati-Juárez, Chivas de Guadalajara-Charlotte, Monterrey-New York Red Bulls, Colorado Rapids-Xolos from Tijuana, Seattle Sounders-Santos Laguna and the Blue Galaxy-Cruz.
