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Messi misses defeat
Tata Martino confirmed Lionel Messi sat out Inter Miami’s 3-2 Major League Soccer defeat to Montreal to give the 36-year-old a break.
He said: “We discussed this about a week ago. We agreed that this was the game he should rest, independent of what happened in the game against Nashville.”
Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets came off the bench for Miami. Martino added: “[The media] asked 10 days ago if I planned to rotate, we rotated.”
Phil Neville kept his unbeaten record as Portland Timbers boss with a thrilling comeback win at New York City FC.
Santiago Rodriguez put the hosts ahead in the Big Apple but Antony levelled after 85 minutes.
Evander completed the stunning turnaround seven minutes into stoppage time with the result leaving the Timbers top of Major League Soccer’s Western Conference.
Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez inspired a thrilling Inter Miami comeback in a CONCACAF Champions Cup last-16 clash with Nashville.
The hosts led 2-0 thanks to Jacob Shaffelburg’s double but Messi scored after 52 minutes and his strike partner was teed up by Sergio Busquets to grab a stoppage-time leveller.
Miami welcome Montreal to Florida on Sunday before taking on Nashville in the reverse fixture three days later.
