Lionel Messi overcomes the fear of sending Inter Miami to the final

Lionel Messi defeated “frightened” to inspire Inter Miami in a 3-1 victory against Orlando City and a place in the final of the Cup Legues.
Messi struggling with tension in the hamstrings for several weeks and having played against the Galaxy of Los Angeles on August 16 was then excluded for the following two games.
He returned last night spectacularly, playing the 90 minutes complete while Miami left him late to see their Rivals of Florida and set up a last confrontation against the Sounders of Seattle on Sunday.
Pasalic advances Orlando
Orlando went ahead in the first half stoppage when Marco Pasalic took advantage of a lucky rebound in the box to shoot the goalkeeper Oscar Ustari.
The game changed on a controversial call from referee Walter Lopez with 13 minutes. Lopez judged Orlando defender David Brekalo for deciding Tadeo Allende while he was jumping for a head inside the box.
Brekalo has been shown a second yellow card and the red and Messi who followed were not mistaken in the place, finding the lower right corner.
The Captain of Argentina managed 2-1 after 88 minutes, playing a delicious one-two with the former teammate of Barcelona Jordi Alba before training in the net.
The game was crowned by an almost carbon copy of Messi’s second while Telasco Segovia and Luis Suarez combined so that the first ends coldly.
I was afraid – Messi
Messi later admitted that he was relieved to have crossed the match without workforce and that his injury was attacked at the start of the match.
He told Appletv: “I wanted to be here. Against the Galaxy of Los Angeles, I felt uncomfortable, but I knew how important this rival was. I prepared for that. In the first half, I felt frightened, but little by little, I was relaxed.”
With the head coach Javier Mascherano serving a touchline, and therefore, the media ban, he was left to his assistant Javier Morales to elogue about Messi.
“We are as far as a word when it comes to discussing Leo,” he said.
“He only trained two or three days, then he played 90 minutes and the way he played, created situations, scoring goals. There is nothing more to say. For us, and for fans, it is a privilege to have it in our team.”
Brekalo red cardboard
Orlando can count on an unfortunate touch and the boss Oscar Pareja estimated that Brekalo’s sending had changed the game.
“The (first) yellow card from Brekalo was incredible. He does not even touch the player (Rodrigo de Paul),” said Parejo.
“This affects a team and affects players where the game becomes very difficult.”
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