June 29, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Inter Miami CF News Release
Inter Miami CF (13W-3L-5D, 44 points) earned a 1-2 win over Nashville SC at GEODIS Park on Saturday night, extending its Club-record run of matches unbeaten on the road in MLS to seven, and overall winning streak to three. Defender Ian Fray and Royal Caribbean Icon of the Match Jordi Alba were the difference makers on the night, scoring the decisive goals in the first half.
Lineup Notes
Martino made several changes to the starting XI from the team’s win over the Columbus Crew in its last match. Drake Callender started in goal; Ian Fray, Sergii Kryvtsov, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Albastarted in defense; Yannick Bright, Federico Redondo and Benjamin Cremaschi formed the midfield three; Julian Gressel and Diego Gómez started on the wings alongside striker Leonardo Campana in attack.
The match marked the returns of two key players as Redondo and Gómez recovered from their respective injuries and were called upon to start against Nashville. Bright and Fray, meanwhile, maintained their positions in the starting lineup following strong performances in the win over Columbus.
Match Action
From the early moments of the match, it was Inter Miami threatening most. Early half chances came to Cremaschi, Gressel and Campana as the visitors mounted increasing pressure. Then, in the 30th minute, Gressel fired a warning shot; with his back to goal, Campana laid a pass off to the German-American, whose first-time strike was lasered at goal and hit the crossbar.
About 10 minutes later, Inter Miami capitalized on its momentum. A 40th-minute corner delivered by Gressel found a leaping Gómez at the far post, and the Paraguayan’s powerful header was parried out of play by the Nashville goalkeeper. The team wouldn’t be denied on the ensuing corner; Gressel again delivered a perfect corner, this time to Fray at the near post, and the young defender recreated the magic from the team’s last match with a nearly identical headed goal. The opener marked two goals in two matches for Fray after his recovery from his ACL injury suffered in July 2023, while the assist was Gressel’s tenth across all competitions and eighth in MLS this season, second on the team behind only Lionel Messi.
Then, in the 44th minute, the team doubled its lead, again from a corner. Gressel delivered another ball into the box but this time it was headed away by Nashville, but only as far as Alba outside of the box. The Spanish defender…
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