Messi’s Inter Miami eye quarter-final spot against Nashville | OneFootball

The Herons won the first game and are looking to celebrate again to advance in the MLS.

Inter Miami will visit Nashville SC this Saturday at 8:30 PM at Geodis Park, for the second match of the MLS round of 16. The team coached by Javier Mascherano arrives with an advantage in the series after winning 3-1 in the first leg, thanks to a brace from Lionel Messi and a goal by Tadeo Allende, and will seek another victory to avoid a tiebreaker and advance to the quarterfinals.

The Herons are presented as clear favorites. Not only did they finish third in the Eastern Conference during the regular season, but they also defeated Nashville in all three encounters this year, including the two most recent ones, in which they scored eight goals in total. With 84 goals scored, Inter Miami is the highest-scoring franchise in the championship, and with Messi as the football and emotional leader, the Florida team is shaping up as one of the top contenders for the title.

Meanwhile, Nashville will try to react in front of their fans and force a third match in Miami. The Coyotes had an inconsistent performance in the latter part of the year: they won only three of their last 14 matches, although one of those victories was crucial, as it allowed them to crown themselves champions of the US Open Cup at the beginning of October, by defeating Austin FC in the final. Now, they will seek to regain their best form to stay alive in the playoffs and extend the series.

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