The inter Miami won this Wednesday in definition from the penalty point 4-5 to Sports University Peru after the 90 minutes ended with a 0-0 in a match played at the Monumental Stadium in Lima. Peruvian fans crowded the Monumental stadium to see Inter Miami in their first game in Latin America with all its star figures, including Messi, Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
Julian Gressel, Santiago Morales, David Ruiz, Benja Ciermaschi and Yannick Bright scored in the batch by the American team led by Javier Mascherano, while by the Peruvians Diego Churín, Horacio Calcaterra, Jairo Concha and José Rivera. Ecuadorian Jairo Vélez, one of his most recent hiring, failed his shot.
From the previous hours, fans arrived wearing the U and Inter shirts, with posters that asked Messi, and were joining the festive atmosphere that invaded the capital stadium. In each appearance of the Argentine star, the fans got rid of greetings and registered each movement of the footballer with their mobiles.
Messi tried several times, but without success
As soon as the match began, a lack of Williams Riveros gave Messi the first free kick that, however, was stopped by the cream goalkeeper Sebastián Britos. The Lima tried to recover the actions in the party, but Inter accelerated the attack in search of the first goal. Messi received a center in front of the local goal, but his shot was diverted. Luis Suarez fired a header towards Britos’s goal, but the goal was annulled because Jordi Alba, who enabled him, was in an advanced position.
The striker Andy Polo, who headed the pressure of the premises, finished for the U, but Oscar Ustari blocked his arrival. Messi executed a new free kick at 38 minutes, but again he went to the side of the ‘cream’ arch. In the intermediate of the party, the Colombian Kapo and the Argentine duo ‘La T and the M’ offered a musical show, in the style of the American meetings.
Upon rest of the break, Edison Flores shot at the goal of Inter Miami, but was stopped by Ustari. The U continued with the attack to the maximum and the Ecuadorian Jairo Vélez also finished off, but his shot was diverted. The ‘Tunche’ Rivera had his chance to finish off at 60 minutes, but the goalkeeper stopped her with his hands on the grass. With all the exhausted changes in both teams, the rhythm brought him university, but the rival arch remained unbeatable. In a solo getaway, Rivera beat the defense and finished off the goal of Inter, but was diverted, given the despair of the fans.
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Inter Miami will continue with its preseason tour in Panama, where it will be measured on February 2 with Sporting San Miguelito, after which it will travel to Honduras to face the Olimpia sports club, on February 8.
Technical file
4 -University: Sebastián Britos; Aldo Corzo (M.46, Gustavo Dulanto), Williams Riveros (m.85, Rafael Guzmán), Matías Di Benedetto (m.55, Jorge Murrugarra); Paolo Reyna (m.46, César Inga), Andy Polo (M.66, Hugo Acajima), Rodrigo Ureña (m.46, Horacio Calcaterra), Martín Pérez Guedes (m.46, Jairo Vélez), Gabriel Costa (m. 46, Jairo Concha); Edison Flores (M.55, José Rivera) and Alex Valera (m.46, Diego Churín)
Coach: Fabián Bustos
5 -Inter Miami: Oscar Ustari, Marcelo Weigandt, Tomás Avilés (m.80, Sailor), Noah Allen, Jordi Alba (m.80, Fray); Sergio Busquets (m.72, David Ruiz), Federico Redondo (m.64, Yannick Bright), Tadeo Allende (m.64, Benja Cremaschi), Fafa Picault (m.80, Morales); Lionel Messi (m.72, Robert Taylor) and Luis Suarez (m.72, Julian Gressel)
Coach: Javier Mascherano
Goals in the penalty shootout: 1-0: Diego Churín, 1-1: Julian Gressel, 2-1: Horacio Calcaterra, 2-2: Morales, 2-3: Ruiz, 3-3: Jairo Concha, 3-4: Cremaschi, 4-4 : José Rivera, 4-5: Yannick Bright
Referee: Daniel Ureta, warned Williams Riveros, Weingandt, Murrugarra and Avilés
Incidents: Friendly match played at the Monumental Stadium in Lima with the capacity of 80,000 people
