Good, Bad & Ugly: Messi scores, Berte's back, winless streak continues | OneFootball

Lionel Messi scored his 14th of the season but Inter Miami lost 2-1 at Toronto on Saturday, their fourth defeat in five and a fifth straight without a win.

Miami are 11-4-6 on 39 points and remain second in the East behind Nashville, with Chicago Fire on 36 closing. According to interheron.com, it was a drab, uninspired contest.

In the 82nd minute homegrown defender Ian Fray hooked a goalbound ball off the line to prevent 3-0. Seconds later Rodrigo De Paul slid Messi in from the right and he beat Luka Gavran, Miami’s only bright moment.

Germán Berterame returned after his head and neck scare in Montréal on 25 July and played the full 90. His two shots missed the target, but his work-rate was clear and, hopefully, he will soon rekindle pre-World Cup chemistry with Messi and Luis Suárez.

Luján, who had already missed six games with a calf issue, went off in the 26th minute with unspecified muscle pain. Micael has a severe ankle sprain and Yannick Bright served a red card suspension.

Interim coach Guillermo Hoyos defended his squad, insisting his players never lack determination and saying they would continue to trust in God.

Source: interheron.com

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