Messi and Suárez responded to journalistic criticism with goals and Inter Miami crushed Orlando City

It was one of the best victories of the InterMiami From Lionel Messi arrived at MLS average last season. No doubt. Obviously due to the big 5-0 defeat City of Orlando, but also because against their classic rival and because they managed to impose the conditions of the game as they have not done many times in recent months.

Luis Suarez -2-, Messi -2 e Robert Taylor they were the authors of the goals in Pursuit Stage in a match that had several high points.

“Messi and Suarez are old, the signs are sinister,” wrote a journalist from the Los Angeles Times, disappointed by the image that former team Barcelona had given during his visit to the Galaxy in that city. Leo and Lucho responded to him on the field, their favorite terrain.

The set of Tata Martino He goes out determined to challenge his rival and, almost without breaking a sweat, immediately takes the lead: two assists from the German Giuliano Gressel and Suárez’s two goals, in the 4th and 11th minute of play respectively, made things enormously easier for him.

El Pistolero was coming off a disappointing performance in the last match against Los Angeles Galaxy, but confirmed that its firepower within the area is intact. He scored his brace in the first two shots on goal, a sign of his enormous hierarchy, and flooded the pink team with calm.

From there, with the consolation of the partial result, the local team moves back a few meters on the playing field and hands the responsibility to their rival. He lined up with a clear 4-4-2 in defense, closing the spaces, but when he recovered the ball he deployed Taylor on the left and Gressel on the right to flank Messi and Suárez. And all four launched the attack. Added to this training is the tranquility of having a midfield master like Sergio Busquets behind their backs.

They were looking for quick transitions from defense to attack and the recipe worked. So it became 3-0 in the 29th minute of the first half: recovery by Busquets, deflection by Gressel until he found the space to aim towards Suárez, the figure, and assist by the Uruguayan for Taylor, who was left at his mercy with the goal.

Orlando City’s little redeemable thing It was seen at the beginning of the complement. Forced by what was already a rout, the host took risks to try to close the gap and brought danger to Drake Callender’s door, but it wasn’t much more.

Halfway through the second half, Inter Miami steps on the accelerator and with Messi’s brace they close the story with a good start to the championship (two wins and a draw) and, at the same time, a good state of health ahead of their debut in Concacaf Champions Cup in view of Nashville Next Thursday from 11pm in Argentina. Leo, meanwhile, already has three goals in three games played.

One of the novelties was the ownership of the Argentine Nicolas Freire, entered the center of defense to make up for the inattention of the Ukrainian Sergey Krivtsov. He was firm, even if the match was not measured due to a rigorous evaluation of his condition.

“It was a round match. We knew we had to play with intensity, wait for them and go against them, because Orlando creates a lot of friction. We found the first goal straight away and that changed everything,” Messi explained once the match was over.

“We don’t want to carry backpacks, but we know that we have the team to fight for MLS and we are preparing for this,” concluded the Argentine star.

Match summary