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In the 11th round of the US Professional Football League regular season, Inter Miami took a 3-0 lead at home, but was tragically reversed by Orlando City 4-3. As a result, they suffered their first defeat at their new home court. Messi's 100th game milestone on behalf of Miami was also humiliated. The strange thing is that after Inter Miami moved to its new home stadium, Miami Liberty Park, on April 4, it has been difficult to win a victory until now. In the 4 home games during this period, they only achieved 3 draws and 1 loss.
On April 14, Mascherano, who was the former championship coach, announced his resignation due to personal reasons, and team director Hoyos, known as the "Father of Messi Football", temporarily took over as coach. Hoyos led the team through 4 games, including 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. However, these 2 wins were all away from home, and the last 2 home games showed a draw of 1 draw and 1 loss. Despite the negative situation, the "curse" of Miami's new home still continues.
This game is Messi's 100th game on behalf of Inter Miami. During this period, he scored a total of 86 goals and had 45 assists. In this game, Messi contributed 1 assist and 1 goal, which were his 408th assist and 906th goal respectively in his career. However, the team's poor defensive condition caused Messi to encounter a 4-goal reversal in this milestone game. In the 78th minute, he also received a yellow card for protesting a penalty kick.
In the first 4 minutes, Segovia made a pass and Ian Foley scored with a header.
In the 25th minute, Messi and Suarez cooperated and assisted Segovia to expand the score.
In the 33rd minute, Su Ya assisted Messi for another victory, and Miami led 3-0.
The ensuing game deviated from the original script without any warning, and a sudden change occurred in Miami. Ojeda, the No. 10 player on the visiting team, performed a hat trick in the 39th, 68th and 78th minutes of the game, and then evened the score.
In the 90th minute and 3 minutes of the game, the visiting team once again successfully penetrated Miami's defense through a simple through ball. Orlando's substitute forward Spicer got a single chance and completed the victory!
In the history of American professional football, there has been a situation where a team has achieved a comeback and victory from a 0-3 deficit. This is the third time. However, before this game, Orlando could be called a pure weak team. In the first 10 rounds, it had lost 7 games in a row, won another 2 games, and tied 1 game. Its ranking is second from the bottom in the Eastern Conference. In 5 away games, 4 games were lost and 1 was a draw. However, just a few days ago, the team reversed and eliminated the New England Revolution with the same score of 4 to 3 in the U.S. Open Cup. The plot of that game was very different. Orlando fell behind three times and tied three times. The almost identical thing is that the game-win happened in the 92nd minute!
Messi played the entire match, which ended in an argument between him and referee Guido Gonzalez. The original 3-goal lead was reversed. This situation was not the biggest defeat in Messi's career. Except for the 2-8 loss to Bayern and the 1-6 loss to Bolivia, Messi had conceded a maximum of 4 goals in a single game in any game he had participated in. However, this is definitely the most humiliating reversal situation he has ever encountered in a single game.
After the game, Miami coach Hoyos left the press conference room and answered only one question. Frey, who opened the scoring for Miami, was interviewed. He said: "I think this referee may be biased against some players on this team. That's it. However, no matter what the referee does, we should not lose. I have no idea of making excuses. When you are leading 3-0, you absolutely cannot lose the game."
