The first sensation is that Atlanta United played with more urgency, and that we needed more
Miami manager Gerardo Martino said after the match. "That showed throughout the first half. But it's not a game where I need to do an analysis of what went wrong, because what happened was a bit of everything. It was a night where the team receded, whereas in other games we find positive moments in the challenges. Like last game in the second half where we had to defend, but this time we couldn't connect.
"The conditions were favorable, much more for us than them. But as we talked yesterday, their position on the table is deceiving, and they showed that todayWith 34 points through exactly half the MLS schedule -- matching its total from all of the 2023 season, when Messi joined around the midway point and helped the team win Leagues Cup but couldn't get it into the playoffs -- Inter Miami is on pace for 68 points.."
Messi had some opportunities in the early going, including a diving header about four minutes into the match off a chip into the middle of the box by Jordi Alba. Messi, fending off some contact, sent the ball into the turf and the carom spun over the crossbar; he gave Alba a thumbs-up for the idea as he picked himself up from the grass with a smile.
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