Inter Miami was hit hard by reality when they were eliminated by a landslide against the Rayados de Monterrey in what was the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Concachampions League; The score of this match was 3 goals to 1 and the overall score was 5-2. With this victory, the Mexican team earned a ticket to the semifinals of the championship that grants a place in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.
The captain of Inter Miami and number one figure of the ‘Las Garzas’ team was a starter, but he couldn’t do anything against an opponent who was simply the clear dominant player in the match from the first whistle to the last. The match saw the score opened with a blunder by the pink team’s goalkeeper, Drake Callender in the first half for Brandon Vázquez to make it 1-0, and later in added time, Germán Berterame and Jesús Gallardo settled the series despite Diego Gómez’s injury time goal at the end.
Complicated match and with 10 on the field
The game became much more difficult for Inter Miami when they were forced to finish the match with 10 men on the playing field, after Jordi Alba received a second yellow card and the referee showed him the red one. Inter Miami will have to leave this terrible setback behind and put their minds focused on the following Saturday when they must visit the home of Sporting Kansas City for the 8th round of Major League Soccer.
On the part of those classified for the semifinals of the Concachampions League, the Rayados de Monterrey will have to face the Tigres next Sunday for the Clausura tournament in Mexico and in the continental championship they will face the Colombus Crew of the United States.
The Memes were part of the celebration
Social networks burned with the classic memes and the minute by minute of the game. While the majority of Mexicans pointed out the performance shown by Lionel Messi on the playing field and also the coach Gerardo Martino.
The fans against Messi throughout the match
The fans had a very hostile reception with Lionel Messi even before the match began.since when the Argentine was announced on the giant screens of the BBVA stadium in the presentation of the starters by team, he was the victim of boos to the maximum, but the situation that occurred after the third goal of the local team was one of a higher level without a doubt.
Once the match and the series were completely defined in favor of Monterrey, reaching the semifinals of the Concachampions League, the fans of the local team began to sing: “Messi fucks him…, Messi fucks him…”. The vulgar chant started in one sector of the stadium and spread to other sectors of the stadium after the third goal by Jesús Gallardo.
Once the referee declared an end to the match, the public increased the celebrations In the stadium, the fans also did the same chant towards Messi that they sang in the first leg that took place at Chase Stadium, home of Inter Miami. “He was afraid, Messi was afraid,” said the supporters of the team that got its ticket to the championship semifinals.
Sanction for Inter Miami
Shortly before the start of the game, a sanction for Inter Miami was confirmed due to the altercation that occurred the previous week in the first leg that took place on American soil.
“The Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned Inter Miami for the incidents that occurred after the first match of the quarterfinals against CF Monterrey, played on Wednesday, April 3,” indicated the first part of the statement.
“After considering the documentation and evidence gathered during the investigationwhich concluded by requesting testimonies from both clubs and carefully reviewing the reports from the match authorities, and based on the competition regulations and applying the disciplinary codes, the Committee has decided to sanction Inter Miami with a fine for an amount not revealed due to failures in stadium security,” they noted about the sanction imposed on the American club.
“The Committee has warned Inter Miami that it could receive more severe sanctions in case new incidents occur in the next Concachampions matches,” the Concacaf report concluded.
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