The Spanish Jordi Alba scored the fourth goal of his career in the MLS and was somewhat spectacular from outside the area to propel Inter Miami’s 2-1 victory at Nashville, which extended three victories out of three the Florida club’s streak without Leo Messi or the Uruguayan Luis Suárez.
The Argentine coach’s Inter Miami Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino defended his leadership in the East from pressure from Cincinnati of the Argentine MVP Lucho Acosta, who won 1-0 at Dallas.
After the 1-0 scoreline in the 40th minute by Ian Fray, Jordi Alba scored 2-0 in the 44th minute with a great left-footed volley from 18 meters.
The German Hany Mukhtar closed distances for the Nashville from the penalty spot, but could not avoid defeat.
Inter Miami added nine points out of nine since Messi and Suárez left the team to join the concentration of their respective teams in the Copa América. Both Argentina and Uruguay have reached the quarterfinals of the tournament.
They stayed nine points away from the New York Red Bullswho did not go beyond 2-2 at home against DC United, while the Columbus Crew, with a new goal from Colombian Juan Camilo ‘Cucho’ Hernández and the Uruguayan Diego Rossidefeated 5-1 New England Revolution by the Spaniard Riqui Puig.
Ridiculous in Atlanta
The most surprising end of the day occurred in the Mercedes Benz Stadium de Atlantawhere the local team beat Toronto FC 2-1 with a goal from the Senegalese Jamal Thiare in the 97th minute.
The Toronto goalkeeper, the Canadian Luka Gavranhad the ball in his hands and was preparing to put it back into play, but he did not realize that Thiare was still behind him.
The goalkeeper dropped the ball and Thiare knew how to take advantage of it to recover it and score the decisive 2-1 goal at will. Previously, the Argentine Thiago Almada had given Atlanta United the advantage before the momentary tie of the Italian Federico Bernardeschi.
