Annoyed by the craze surrounding Lionel Messi, the Atlanta team took great pleasure in dismantling Inter Miami (5-2) deprived of its Argentine star.
Before the arrival of Lionel Messi, Inter Miami had gone 11 matches in a row without a victory, and was among the worst teams in MLS. Upon the arrival of the Argentine genius (and Sergio Busquets), the Floridians scored 11 victories in 12 matches, and they won a trophy, the Leagues Cup.
Saturday evening, Inter Miami had to do without its new number 10, who returned a little weakened from his two matches with Argentina. And Tata Martino’s men took a slap on the Atlanta pitch (5-2). “Tell them to bring the whole team back next time”put the opposing club on X (formerly Twitter).
Tell ’em to bring the whole squad next time 👋#WeAreTheA pic.twitter.com/AD9KriEb9Y
— Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) September 16, 2023
This is the other side of the coin for Inter Miami. The presence in its ranks of the seven-time Ballon d’Or makes it the team to beat in MLS. “There are a lot of things in the atmosphere and it all seems to revolve around Inter Miami, Messi, all that, Atlanta coach Gonzalo Pineda said after the match. And I told the players that we have to reject this by saying ‘this is about us, this is about Atlanta United.’ »
“We don’t care about Messi, even launched the Portuguese international hopefuls Xande Silva. We care. We want to go to the playoffs. » Atlanta United is in 6th place in the Eastern Conference. Weighed down by their very poor start to the season, Inter Miami is still penultimate in this conference, and only has seven matches left in its regular season to move up the rankings.
