With Lionel Messi in the stands and not playing for Inter Miami, Uruguayan Matías Cóccaro, former Huracán, had the chance to score a great goal for Montreal Impact at the Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.
However, Zorro, incredibly, could not convert after being left unopposed following a blooper by Drake Callender, the irregular goalkeeper of Gerardo Martino's team.
What happened?
Eleven minutes of the first half passed when the Canadian franchise defended itself and warded off the danger with a shot that did not seem to pose any danger.
But Callender, outside the area, missed his header and Cóccaro was left alone in front of the goal, although with the ball that was opening.
That was why he delayed a little and allowed the goalkeeper to recover, whom he dribbled again.
But he didn't have the shot left and that's when the Ukrainian Sergey Krivtsov and the American Noah Allen regrouped and ended up drowning out the scream of the former Globo striker from Parque Patricios.
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Cóccaro shook his head, unable to believe the goal he had missed.
However, the anger did not last long.
The thing is that in the corner that followed the play, Fernando Álvarez jumped higher than everyone and gave the Impact the advantage.
Fernando Álvarez scores his first MLS goal to give Montreal the lead in Miami.
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All, obviously, with Messi watching the game from one of the VIP boxes at the charming Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, about 40 minutes north of Miami.
A while later Cóccaro once again had a clear chance and even scattered Callender on the floor, but when he was about to define he was blocked again by Krivstov, in a play in which the people of Montreal demanded a penalty that referee Aleksandar Zhelyazkov did not observe.