Messi and Inter Miami eliminated from the start by Atlanta United

Total fiasco in Florida. First in the regular season with a record score of 74 points, Inter Miami was the big favorite for these playoffs, but was ultimately knocked out in the first round by Atlanta United (9th in the Eastern Conference). On the night from Saturday to Sunday, the teammates of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez lost (2-3) in the third and final match of their series against Atlanta at Chase Stadium, a defeat synonymous with elimination.

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Despite opening the score quite early in the match from Matias Rojas (1-0, 17th), the Floridians quickly recovered with an express equalizer from Jamal Thiaré (1-1, 19th). Just four minutes after Miami's first goal, Atlanta already regained the advantage through its Senegalese striker once again (1-2, 21st). If Lionel Messi surely thought he had done the hard part by equalizing with a header shortly after the half-hour mark (2-2, 65th). Ultimately it is the Georgian franchise which will take the best thanks to an achievement from Bartosz Slisz (2-3, 76th). La Pulga will therefore have to wait one more season to win its first title in the United States.