Not so good Inter Miami’s preparation
Inter Miami’s preparation has not been entirely encouraging, despite bringing together Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, in addition to other stars.
In this sense, another of the duels awaited by the fans was the match against Newell’s of Argentina.
Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami tied 1-1 with Newell’s in an international friendly.
This preparation game for Inter Miami marked the end of the preseason for the Herons ahead of the new Major League Soccer season.
Shanyder Borgelin opened the scoring for the home side, while Franco Díaz scored for La Lepra.
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–Inter Miami’s preparation closes with another draw–.
The long-awaited reunion, within the framework of Inter Miami’s preparation; watching Messi and Newell’s finally took place.
It was a more than friendly match in the state of Florida that marks the end of the preparation for the team of the captain of the Argentine National Team.
It should be noted that the preparation of Inter Miami has included an extensive agenda that has included clubs from all over the world.
La Lepra, which was coming from a brutal drubbing suffered at the hands of Racing and must play again for the local tournament this Monday, not only had a mixed team but also made eleven changes during the match in order to preserve its players as much as possible.
Of course, Newell’s is thinking not only about recovering from the local tournament but also about the derby against Rosario Central on Sunday, February 24.
Lionel Messi was very active and had great chances to break the scoreline, but luck, on this occasion, was not on his side against the club of his love and he was withdrawn when the clock struck 15 minutes into the second half.
After Messi’s departure, the opening goal came with Borgelin, who rose above everyone else in the Rosario team’s area to put Inter Miami ahead in his first intervention of the game.
Newell’s could have equalized
Down in the score, Newell’s, with its substitutes, went out to try to level the score again and succeeded in doing so after a very poor start by the local team that Franco Díaz did not spare to make it 1-1, first partial and then definitive in Fort Lauderdale.
There was no time for more and finally it was a draw between Garzas and Leprosos. This match marked the end of the preseason for Messi’s team, which will make its MLS debut next Wednesday 21 when they host Real Salt Lake.
On the Newell’s side, they will visit Estudiantes de La Plata at Estadio Uno on Monday and then host Rosario Central at the Coloso Marcelo Bielsa less than a week later.
Inter Miami’s preparation during this preseason left only one victory, in Hong Kong, in a match in which Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez did not have minutes.
Newell’s, Inter Miami’s rival, is the Argentine club closest to Lionel Messi and coach Gerardo Martino, who holds the record for most games played and most titles won with the red-and-black team during his time as a player.
Prior to the match, the last of Inter Miami’s preparations, the club’s owner stressed that “it will be a magnificent season” for the team of Argentine star Lionel Messi, which will officially start next Wednesday with the match against Real Salt Lake.
