When Inter Miami loses, it tends to get ugly. That's a fair way to describe Sunday night's performance against Orlando City. From the opening minute, quite literally, Miami were outclassed, and they ended up as lopsided losers.
Without Lionel Messi, nursing a minor injury, Miami were thrashed, 4-1, at Orlando City, as the purple half of Florida ran riot from start to finish. It began with a Luis Muriel goal within the first 90 seconds. It finished with an 88th-minute goal from Marco Pasalic that went virtually unchallenged.
Aside from a Yannick Bright stunner, everything in between was all Orlando, who put a beating on the helpless Herons. Muriel got two, Pasalic got one and Martin Ojeda added one, too. Every other player on Orlando will be wondering how they didn't fidn the back of the net, too, considering how porously Miami defended.
This was Inter Miami's fourth loss of the season. Three of those, including a thumping by Orlando City in May, have come by more than three goals. It's concerning for the team and manager Javier Mescherano, to say the least, particularly as this team attempts to prove it can play and win without Messi.
That will be a challenge, though, and they failed on Sunday night, as their rivals scored a statement win in Orlando.
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