After assisting Messi at the Herons' leveller, Alba's message on social media

This Sunday Inter Miami played their second official match in the 2024 Major League Soccer season. They had made their tournament debut last Wednesday, when they beat Real Salt Lake 2-0 at DRV PNK Stadium with goals from Robert Taylor and Diego Gómez, and now they had the challenge of playing away from home for the first time this year.

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Their opponents were the Los Angeles Galaxy, who proved to be a difficult team and complicated coach Gerardo Martino's plans. In fact, the hosts scored the opener 30 minutes into the second half through Dejan Joveljic, who received a pass from Marco Delgado inside the box and only had to push the ball in.

Down 1-0 and with only 15 minutes to the final whistle, things looked very difficult for The Herons. But that's when the squad's top quality players showed up. In a move reminiscent of Barcelona's glory days, Lionel Messi picked up the ball near the box, fed Jordi Alba and the Spanish defender returned it to him, allowing Leo to score the leveller when they were already in stoppage time.

It was a valuable result for Inter Miami, as they faced a very tough team and earned a last minute equaliser. After the match, Jordi Alba shared a post on his official Instagram account in which he showed he was satisfied with the result they got. He shared several images of the match and wrote: "We fought until the end to get a point that closes the first week of MLS with 4 out of 6. Let's keep working hard team" next to an emoji of an arm showing muscles.

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What's next for them?

With one game more than the rest of the teams, Inter Miami leads the Eastern Conference standings with 4 points, but they will have a tough challenge next weekend: on Saturday they will face Orlando City, their biggest rivals in MLS, at the DRV PNK Stadium.