Inter Miami and Atlanta United in front of others get the best of each team, and on Sunday it was not different with Lionel Messi and Brad Guzan in a 2-1 victory in Miami in Atlanta. Fafa Picault returned to the XI with a winning goal of the game, while Messi also scored his first league goal for Inter Miami this season with an impressive defensive game and chip.
After missing the last two games of the Miami League due to load management, Messi seemed that he did not waste time to put five of his seven shots on the goal and keep Guzan in his feet match, but his opening goal was one to remember.
The Argentine has registered a goals in each game that has played so far this season with four goals and two assists in all competitions, but this goal was not a prototypical goal due to how it was created. Messi closed the Atlanta United midfielder, Bartoz Slisz, with defensive pressure, winning the ball, hitting a defender and then contributing to Brad Guzan for the end when he left his network.
That goal leveled the game for Inter Miami after the powerful header of Emmanuel Latte Lath to open the marker for Atlanta United, but is far from being a prototypical goal of Messi. With everything Messi does, the defense is not one of the best things for which he is known, but recognizing the situation, he quickly acted to turn an opportunity into a quick goal for Las Hermas.
It is an answer that shows that this game can mean a little more after history that these teams are building, and the winning goal of Picault from an impossible angle adds to an emerging rivalry. His return also improves Miami’s depth with accumulated games while advancing in the Concacaf Champions Cup game.
Atlanta was close to playing one of his most complete games of the season with the return of Brooks Lennon adding a very necessary balance to the team, but it is clear that the five stripes are a work in progress. At the end of the season, its center center can control the games, but they are not yet where Miami are. Meanwhile, the undefeated race for Las Heron continues without deceleration signs.
