Messi misses penalty and Inter Miami suffers heavy defeat

Inter Miami was looking for a victory against Nashville to take the lead in the Eastern Conference and reach the top of the table, but the result was the opposite. The team suffered a heavy defeat (4-1) and is now five points behind its rival. Despite the elastic score, the match was decided in the second half.

The home team opened the scoring with a goal from Najar (17'), but Inter Miami soon reacted and had the opportunity to equalize with a penalty, but Schwake guessed Leo Messi's intentions and the Argentine was unable to dedicate the goal to his father, Jorge Messi, who passed away just over a week ago. 

Inter Miami continued to press and finally managed to equalize just before half-time, thanks to a goal from Segovia, who took advantage of Leo's assist. 

At the beginning of the second half, everything seemed to be in Nashville's favor. Two goals from Mukhtar and one from Surridge in just 15 minutes proved too much for Inter to overcome, resulting in their third defeat in a row. Messi vehemently protested against one of the goals scored, claiming he had suffered a clear foul outside the box. The former Barcelona player almost scored in the final minutes, with two shots that hit the post and a spectacular goal that was disallowed. It just wasn't his night.