Desk Report:
Lionel Messi is in a cycle of failure. He has not scored a goal in his last two matches. Even when he had the opportunity to score, he could not use it. On the day of his penalty miss, his team Inter Miami lost badly.
Inter Miami has lost badly in its last two matches. Miami lost 3-0 to Seattle Sounders in the Leagues Cup final on September 1. This time Miami lost to Charlotte by the same margin. This morning, Bangladesh time, the Inter Miami-Charlotte match at Bank of America Stadium was a Major League Soccer (MLS) match. Messi missed a penalty in this match.
In the MLS match today, Miami and Charlotte continued to fight evenly. Miami had 59 percent possession of the ball and took 5 shots on target. On the other hand, Charlotte had 41 percent possession of the ball. They took 4 shots on target. Miami got the opportunity to take the lead in the 30th minute of the match. Charlotte defender Dibril Deyan fouled Messi inside the box. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in favor of Miami. Messi took the spot kick. However, Charlotte goalkeeper Cristian Khalina stood in the place of the Argentine forward’s shot and made a great save.
Inter Miami lost the game after Messi’s penalty miss. The fight then became not Miami-Charlotte, but Idan Toklomati-Miami. Striker Toklomati scored Charlotte’s first goal in the 34th minute. He was assisted by Carwin Vargas. Charlotte ended the first half with a 1-0 lead. The team quickly scored the second goal after the start of the second half. Toklomati scored in the 47th minute with an assist from Brand Bronico.
Miami, who was behind by 2-0, tried hard to come back in the match, but could not. Messi’s team conceded a third goal late in the match. Toklomati completed his hat-trick with a penalty in the 84th minute. Charlotte defeated Miami 3-0 in this MLS match. After the big loss, Miami is at number 8 in the Eastern Conference points table. The team has 46 points from 26 matches with 13 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses. Philadelphia, who is at the top, has 57 points. Cincinnati, Charlotte and Nashville, who are in second, third and fourth places on the points list, have 55, 53 and 50 points. The four teams in the first four places on the points list have played 30 matches each.
