{"id":487002,"date":"2024-10-26T03:13:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T07:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=487002"},"modified":"2024-10-26T03:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T07:13:41","slug":"inter-miami-and-messi-win-first-leg-vs-atlanta-in-mls-cup-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/inter-miami-and-messi-win-first-leg-vs-atlanta-in-mls-cup-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami and Messi win first leg vs Atlanta in MLS Cup Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Miami opened the MLS Cup Playoffs with a strong 2\u20131 win over Atlanta United at Chase Stadium, thanks to goals from Luis Su\u00e1rez and Jordi Alba. Su\u00e1rez got Miami off to a blazing start, scoring in the second minute after Diego G\u00f3mez pressed high to win the ball and set up the Uruguayan forward, who slotted it past Brad Guzan for his first playoff goal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A banger to secure the win and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IconOfTheMatch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IconOfTheMatch<\/a> Trophy \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalCaribbean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RoyalCaribbean<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enhorabuena, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordiAlba?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JordiAlba<\/a> \u2728 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jzsya28GBe\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/jzsya28GBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InterMiamiCF\/status\/1850017889153163307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta leveled the match just before halftime, with Saba Lobjanidze capitalizing on a brilliant through ball from Pedro Amador to make it 1\u20131. However, Miami reclaimed the lead in the second half when Lionel Messi found Jordi Alba in space at the edge of the box. Alba unleashed a powerful left-footed strike, leaving Guzan with no chance.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Atlanta&#8217;s efforts to equalize in the closing moments, Miami held on for the win. With one more victory needed to clinch the series, Miami heads to Mercedes-Benz Stadium on November 2, aiming to advance further in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P3eDn06cZA8?si=oXWu-S4gU-Y6jhYE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Miami opened the MLS Cup Playoffs with a strong 2\u20131 win over Atlanta United at Chase Stadium, thanks to goals from Luis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":487003,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17501,17909,17546],"news_category":[17676,14235,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[18156,17910,22305,874],"acf":{"announce":"The second game is in Miami on November 2nd","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":487004,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487002\/revisions\/487004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487002"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=487002"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=487002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}