On the day honoring Messi ‘s achievement of winning the 8th Golden Ball title in his career , Inter Miami could not fully enjoy the joy when losing to New York City.

Before the friendly match with New York City, Inter Miami club held a ceremony to honor superstar Lionel Messi after the striker won the 8th Golden Ball title in his career.

After the opening whistle, Inter Miami had many good passes thanks to the good coordination of Messi and Alba.

As usual, Messi is still Inter Miami’s familiar “destination” in attacking situations. However, in the first 30 minutes, despite no less than 4 dangerous shooting situations, the Argentine striker still could not score.

Despite being the more dominant team, Inter Miami was the team that conceded first. In a moment of inattention by Inter Miami’s defense in the 43rd minute, Talles Magno ran down from the left wing and faced the goalkeeper. In an empty left position, Talles easily put the ball into the net while the defensive players on Inter Miami’s side were helpless.

When the second half had just passed 2 minutes, the score was 2-0 for the away team. New York City had a very easy combination and Fernandez took advantage of the success to break Miami’s net.

In the remaining time, despite great efforts, Messi’s team could only score 1 goal to shorten the gap in the 80th minute thanks to substitute Robinson.

In the end, the match ended with a 2-1 victory for New York City. Even though it was only a friendly, this match also revealed many problems for Inter Miami, especially in defense. In the near future, coach Martino still has much to do to improve Inter Miami’s strength.