Messi and Inter Miami crash against Vancouver and consume another failure in Concacaf

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May 1, 2025May 1, 2025By Mario Vásquez
Messi and Inter Miami crash against Vancouver and consume another failure in Concacaf

It is the second consecutive year in which Inter Miami fails in this international tournament since in 2024 he succumbed in the quarterfinals against Monterrey.

With Javier Mascherano on the bench and Other very prominent players such as Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets or Jordi AlbaInter Miami, With a very discreet Messi, he signed a horrible second part tonight And he was far from the comeback but will have another international challenge in June with the FIFA Club World Cup.

This is also the third defeat followed for those of Florida: 2-0 against Vancouver Whitecaps, 3-4 against Dallas in the League with which they lost their undefeated in the MLS and 1-3 tonight.

For its part, The whitecaps, who are starring an excellent and amazing campaign start And that before Inter Miami they had somewhat from Ecuadorian Pedro Vite, they will face the winner of the other semifinal who dispute two Mexican teams: two Mexican teams: UANL Tigers and Cruz Azul (1-1 in the first leg).

Despite having his best injured player (Ryan Gauld), Vancouver’s team is the leader of the west in the MLS And he will try to become the second team of this league that triumphs in this Concacaf tournament after the Seattle Sounders (2022).

Disaster after rest

There was no avalanche of Inter Miami from the beginning. On the contrary, it was the WhiteCaps that began dominating on a very wet and almost flooded field in some places. But in the first they had, those of Mascherano hit.

Messi masterfully leaked a ball among four rivals for Suárez, who opened left for a dawn that entered like a locomotive on the left to open the score. The visiting goalkeeper Yohei Takooka was not especially inspired by a shot that did not seem so dangerous.

Argentine Tadeo Allende was able to achieve the second shortly after, But the Canadians reacted several times in a row in the first 20 minutes of meeting.

Brian White and Vite was around the goal, but the clearest opportunity was that of Emmanuel Sabbi, who crashed the ball in the post. Inter Miami again exhibited two faces: dangerous and dynamic in the offensive but clueless and unstructured on the defensive.

In any case, the encounter lost pace on the way to rest, became more abrupt with several hard offenses (two yellow for each team) And Allende wasted another approach just before the intermediate.

Inter Miami was obliged to go to attack but with the constant risk of fitting somewhat Because in this competition the extra value rule for the visiting goal is still in force.

But nobody expected a disaster like the one that happened in just three minutes.

In 51, Ali Ahmed saw the unchecking on the left of Sebastian Berhalter, who had time to turn, Raise his head and attend a White who only had to push it wishes the penalty spot.

Only two minutes later, Ahmed again evidenced by his side to Argentine Marcelo Weigandt And on this occasion it was the one who marked for the Canadians thanks to a rebound.

Inter Miami was in ‘shock’, unable to find answers to what had happened. Only one goal for the Igualada, now they had to score four for the comeback.

They threw pride but without success. Suarez failed a couple of occasions he never erred in his best moments, Messi had no spark throughout the game and Allende sent a ball to the wood.

But the memorable WhiteCaps night still had the pending icing with the 1-3 by Berhalter and after the nth defensive error of those of Mascherano, who could still fit more goals in an evening for oblivion in Miami.

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