Major League Soccer, 2025 edition, started at full steam.
Golazos, surprises and illusions spread for the green lawn on an exciting initial day, captivating thousands of fans in the United States who longed for the return of “our football.”
In one of the most vibrant matches, the New York City FC was firm in his visit to the field of Inter Miami and by little the victory of Florida is not brought.
In the end, the New York squad added a meritorious 2-2 draw that scared Astro Messi and his friends.
The Argentine defender Tomás Avilés opened the scoring for Miami with his goal at 5 minutes, after Lionel Messi passed the ball inside the area to simply define with a touch of flush left.
The NYCFC did not amilated and temporarily matched the score with the Slovenian lane Mitja ilenic (26 ‘).
The goal came after a free kick of the Argentine steering wheel Maxi Morález who intelligently yielded the ball to the right of the local area where Ilenic, free of brand, shot crossed before the surprise of the stands.
At that time the locals were with ten elements for expulsion of the “Toto” Avilés, after a previous foul on Costa Rican striker Alonso Martínez.
Already in the second half, at 55 minutes Martínez emerged again to violate the fence of “Las Garzas”, taking advantage of the local rear that the ball delivered to him in front of the area.
The “Tico” stepped on the accelerator and bent the goalkeeper Óscar Ustari with accurate auction to his right hand.
On the end of the commitment, with the intercagnando to avoid an unsuspected defeat, the Venezuelan midfielder Telasco Segovia (90+10 ‘) appeared to seal parity.
The “Vinotinto” player combined well with Messi, and received an excellent leaked pass from the Goat, being profiled against the New York goalkeeper Matthew Freese to whom he beat the ball.
Total euphoria in the stands with the second goal saved the honor of Miami.
The next New York City FC game in this new regular MLS season is also playing as a visitor, in the LaFC Californian fief, on Saturday, March 1 at 10:30 pm et (Apple TV transmission).
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Thus they aligned
– Inter Miami (2): Óscar Ustari; Marcelo Weigandt (Federico Redondo, 45 ′), Tomás Avilés, Noah Allen, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, David Ruiz (Ian Fray, 27 ′), Fafà Picault (Robert Taylor, 10 ′), Benjamin Cremaschi (Gonzalo Luján, 59 ′); Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez (Fablasco Segovia, 59 ′).
– DT: Javier Mascherano (Argentine).
– New York City FC (2): Matthew Freese; Mitja Ilenic, Strahinja Tanasijevic (Jonathan Shore, 45 ′), Birk Risa, Kevin O’Toole (Nico Cavallo, 69 ′); Keaton Parks, Justin Haak; Maxi Morález (Andrés Perea, 78 ′), Hannes Wolf, Agustin Ojeda (Julián Fernández, 69 ′); Alonso Martínez (Monsf Bakrar, 90 ′).
– DT: Pascale Jansen (Dutch).
– Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
– Stadium: Chase Stadium, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with assistance of 21,184 spectators.
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