The main tournament favorite lost the series to the conference’s ninth team, which had to go through the play-in.
On Sunday night, November 10, the decisive third match of the 1/8 finals of the MLS playoffs took place between Inter Miami and Atlanta United, with the home team dramatically losing and leaving the tournament.
Gerardo Martino’s team, who confidently became the winners of the Eastern Conference, lost with a score of 2:3 to the ninth team, which had to go through play-in Montreal to participate in this series.
Inter Miami took the lead in the 17th minute thanks to a Matias Rojas strike, but Atlanta United quickly responded with a brace from Jamal Tjare. The Florida team managed to equalize before the break, but Diego Gomez’s goal was disallowed for offside after VAR consultation.
However, in the second half of the meeting, Lionel Messi equalized the situation in the match in the 65th minute, but soon Bartosz Slisz brought the guests again and established, as it happened, the final result.
As a result, Atlanta United won the series with a score of 2:1, knocking out the main favorite of the tournament.
Inter Miami’s Ukrainian defender Sergei Krivtsov is out of the squad for the match due to injury.
Match statistics Inter Miami – Atlanta United 1/8 finals of MLS playoffs
Inter Miami – Atlanta United 2:3 (first match – 2:1, second match – 1:2)
Objectives: Rojas 19, Messi 65 – Tjare 19, 21, Slish 76
Expected Goals (xG): 3.02 – 1.52
Possession of the ball: 64% – 36%
Beats: 25 – 9
Shots on target: 10 – 4
Corner: 8 – 4
Fouls: 6 – 11
In the past, the head coach of Inter Miami rejected the transfer of Neymar.
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