Inter Miami can have the most electric player of Lionel Messi, but no MLS team finds the bottom of the net more than the earthquakes of San Jose.
San Jose tries to continue his superb significant prowess of goal when he welcomes Messi and in Inter Miami difficulty on Wednesday evening.
Messi scored five goals at the top of the MLS Play, but Inter Miami (6-2-3, 21 points) is not synchronized. The Herons have abandoned two of their last three MLS games and four out of five all competitions.
“I’m not going to be a hypocrite here and say that everything is fine because, obviously, we don’t like to lose,” said Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano, earlier this week. “I understand that we have lost four of the last five games and that there are things that must be corrected.”
Miami was whipped 4-1 by the host of Minnesota United FC on Saturday while Messi scored the only goal. He scored the second time in his last three MLS games that the club gave four goals.
Miami is held in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. The team flew from Minnesota to San Jose after Saturday’s defeat rather than going home and facing another long flight.
Meanwhile, San Jose (5-6-1, 16 points) won three consecutive games in all competitions, including two MLS games, behind his powerful attack. The earthquakes outclassed the 8-2 opponents during their hot sequence and managed 26 goals in the League season.
“We are improving and, of course, when you win three games in a row, there is a consistency there,” said the earthquake coach Bruce Arena. “The group is improving. We have a long way to go, but I am satisfied with the progress we make.”
Chisho Arango is tied for the head of the MLS with eight goals and Josef Martinez has six. Cristian Espinoza has four goals and is equal to the league with seven assists.
Dejuan Jones and Arango recently acquired the goals in the 2-0 Saturday victory on the rapids of Colorado. Jones settled quickly and has a goal and two assists in three games since the arrival of the Columbus crew.
“There is a lot of space, a lot (head-to-head), a lot of crossing opportunities,” said Jones. “I knew that once I arrived here and that I build chemistry with my teammates, I could be the guy who delivers the passes, or even the guy who ends the goals.”
Inter Miami won the only previous meeting, 1-0 in August 2022 in San Jose.
– field level media
