Inter Miami lost their chance to qualify for the MLS play-offs after losing to Cincinnati in the league’s regular season match.
The match, which took place at the Inter Miami stadium, ended in defeat for the host team with a score of 0:1. The only goal of the match was scored by Alvaro Barreal in the 78th minute. FC Cincinnati leads the MLS standings with 68 points. Inter Miami is in the penultimate 14th place with 33 points. Thus, there is a point difference between them and the ninth place with two matches left before the end of the regular season.
Inter Miami’s Argentinian striker Lionel Messi, who missed four matches of the club due to his injury, was also included in the match squad. The player, who started the match on the bench, entered the game in the 55th minute of the match but failed to make a difference.
After playing for two years in the French team Paris Saint-Germain, Messi was transferred to Inter Miami in the summer of 2023. He made his debut for the club by scoring from a free kick in the first leg. On August 20, the Argentinian won his first trophy in America. Inter Miami won the League Cup by beating Nashville in a penalty shootout in the last match of the tournament (10:9).
It was previously reported that Messi. Maybe Return to Europe.