Inter Miami will seek to continue to climb the classification of the Eastern Conference Wednesday evening when they face the New England host revolution in Foxborough, Mass.
Lionel Messi delivered one of his best performances of the season, scoring two goals and helping another, to lead Miami (9-3-5, 32 points) to a precious three-point result after a victory on the 4-1 road against CF Montreal last Saturday.
The Revolution (6-7-6, 24 points) seeks to bounce back after a 2-1 defeat in Portland on Saturday and to continue its first victory since May 31.
With only 17 games played while most of the rest of the league played 20 or 21, Miami has the opportunity to fill the gap between him and the rest of the conference contenders.
This will probably force Miami to manage playing time with veterans like Messi, which makes its status for the New England Tilt a little clear. Inter Miami can also be undoubtedly Noah Allen (ischio-legs) for Wednesday’s match.
“In the case of Leo, if Leo is fine and has no problem, obviously, my idea is always to let him play, because we know that if there is someone who knows how to manage himself on the field and knows his body, it is him,” said Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano on Tuesday.
New England is trying to break a sequence of four games without victory (0-3-1) and is four points behind the Chicago Fire for the last place of play in the East.
The revolution started quickly, scoring the first goal twice he played in Miami last season to undergo unbalanced defeats-4-1 at home and 6-2 in southern Florida.
Luca Langoni pierced for his first goal of the season on a decisive pass from Carles Gil for the only goal of the Revs against Portland. New England is also in a section loaded with five games in 15 days.
“We just have to play the match,” said New England coach Caleb Porter. “We are approaching understanding of the need to play and have to analyze the opponent and how they will try to hurt us.
“The results were not there at home in the last games, but there was a lot of positive game. We continue to refine instead of changing everything.”
– field level media
