Without Messi, Inter Miami still firmly builds the top position in MLS 2024

On the day without Messi , Inter Miami still had a convincing victory over Chicago Fire in round 27 of the US professional league – MLS 2024.

Inter Miami convincingly beat Chicago Fire on a day without Messi. Photo: Inter Miami

Traveling to Chicago Fire’s home field on the morning of September 1 (Vietnam time), Inter Miami will be without their main star Lionel Messi due to injury. However, coach Tata Martino still has many key players such as Alba, Suarez or Busquets in the starting lineup.

With superior class, Inter Miami quickly pushed up their formation to attack and overwhelm Chicago Fire. Coach Martino and his team only needed 25 minutes to penetrate the opponent’s net when Salquist of Chicago Fire fumbled the ball into his own net. This was also Inter Miami’s only goal in the first half.

Inter Miami dominated the match against Chicago Fire. Photo: Inter Miami

The game did not change much in the second half. Inter Miami continued to control the game and the second goal came to them as an inevitable consequence.

In the 47th minute, Gomez made a delicate pass for Luis Suarez to run down and make a decisive shot into the near corner, raising the score to 2-0 for Inter Miami.

In the 65th minute, it was Luis Suarez again with the third goal for Inter Miami. The Uruguayan striker received a cross from Jordi Alba and easily tapped the ball into the Chicago Fire net.

All efforts of the home team could only help them narrow the gap to 1-3 in the 82nd minute, before Robert Taylor scored the winning goal for Inter Miami to 4-1 in the 3rd minute of extra time.

The three points earned help Inter Miami continue to maintain the leading position in the MLS 2024 Eastern Conference with 59 points after 27 matches, 8 points more than second-place Cincinnati.