Messi is back to savior! Miami Playoffs Life and Death Battle Head-to-head and tail battle for the first time after 17 days

At 7:30 a.m. Beijing time on October 8, the 37th round of the MLS, Miami International played Cincinnati at home. In this playoff life and death battle, Messi and Alba, who missed 17 days due to injury, are expected to return.

Miami Life and Death

Miami has never made the playoffs in its history, and after Messi arrived, Miami saw hope. However, after nearly 3 rounds without a win, Miami faced a life-and-death battle.

The 37th round is also the penultimate game of the regular season, and Montreal and New York City are currently ranked 9th and 10th respectively with 38 points, and Miami, which has one game to play, is 14th with 33 points.

For Miami, who trail by five points, if they can't win this round, they can only score 39 or 40 points at most even if they beat Charlotte twice. If Miami loses to Cincinnati, whoever wins the head-to-head New York City and Washington United will advance, and the New York Red Bulls will also advance after their victory over Toronto.

If Miami Inter draws Cincinnati, Chicago will advance as long as they are unbeaten against Charlotte, and New York City will advance if they beat Washington.

Internacional Miami's opponent this round is Cincinnati, who currently sits top of the Eastern Division with 65 points, and has already won the regular season championship early. The two teams met in the semi-finals of the Open Cup, with Internacional Miami narrowing the penalty shootout.

Including the semifinals of the Open Cup, Internacional Miami has never won in the last four matches against Cincinnati, only 2 draws and 2 defeats. However, Internacional Miami has never lost at home against Cincinnati, with 2 wins and 1 draw.

Messi returns to savior

In the last four league games in which Messi has been absent, Miami have never won, only drawing 2 and losing 2, which has caused their situation to take a sharp turn. Together with the Open Cup final, Internacional Miami was unable to win in the five games in which Messi was absent.

In fact, Internacional Miami averaged 2.83 goals per game in games played by Messi, while Internacional Miami averaged 1.16 goals per game in games without Messi.

In the 12 games Messi has played, Miami has scored more than two goals in 10 games, while in the 32 games in which Messi has not played, Miami has scored more than two goals in 12 games.

Messi's last appearance for Miami was on September 20, when he was substituted after playing just 37 minutes after a comeback against Toronto. Miami international assistant Morales revealed that Messi has participated in training on Thursday and Friday and is expected to return against Cincinnati.

On Friday, Internacional Miami posted a picture of Messi on social networks and wrote "See you tomorrow," meaning Messi is expected to return. Edu revealed that Messi will make a substitute appearance against Cincinnati after a 17-day absence, after which he will return to the Argentine national team for the World Qualifiers.

TYC predicts the starting line-up: Callend, Yedrin, Avilles, Miller, Allen (Alba), Arroyo, Sergio Busquets, Kremaskie, Martinez, Messi, Farias