Lionel Messi was not suited up for Inter Miami’s game against Mexico’s Monterrey in the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal first leg.
No Lionel Messi? Big problem for Inter Miami. With their injured superstar looking on in street clothes in South Florida, the Herons squandered a 1-0 first half lead against Liga MX powerhouse Monterrey on Wednesday and went on to lose the opening match of the two-game, home and home, total-goals-wins series in the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal 2-1.
Guatemalan referee Walter López brandished another yellow and then a red despite impassioned appeals from Miami veterans Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets. Four minutes later, Meza pounced on a loose ball that had deflected off of Busquets’ head, smashing it past home keeper Drake Callender — a goal that López confirmed after VAR review. The sending off and the tying goal changed the momentum completely. Gassed and shorthanded, the visitors’ second felt all but inevitable at that point.
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