Highlights: Inter Miami CF - Nashville SC | August 30, 2023
That means Zivilis with Miller at center back.
Arroyo and Busquets allow Alba and Yedlin
to push the tempo.
Tanunga and McCarty, no Zimmerman on the roster,
meaning the same back line that lost 4-0
to Atlanta last week.
And we're under with Pink Stadium
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Into Miami, back home for the first time
in almost three weeks.
McCarty, nice one-two with layout.
Tries to cut it back, still has it.
Wheelchess it down.
And then Jack Mayer, the center back, sends it over.
That all of a sudden becomes an X-factor
for the remaining part of the season.
Great opportunity tonight for the Yale-Nashville.
Again, given away by Miami.
Teal Bumbury's shot is saved by Drake Callender,
but that's twice into Miami's attacking half.
Miami hasn't had super dangerous moments.
Is this going to play?
Oh my God.
This is the last moment poking it away.
If I'm a Nashville player,
I want to play all my playoff games in front of them.
So I've got to be motivated tonight to get a result,
to make sure teams have to come play us at home.
Messi finds Taylor.
Taylor over the ball.
Messi over the top, finds Taylor.
He settles, he turns, and he sends it wide.
Deep if they have to.
The high line, Taylor makes a vertical run.
Was the layoff there to Gomez?
I think it was, but as he makes this turn here,
I think Mayer gets a little bit of a touch
to deflect this wide.
Absolutely, that should have been a corner.
Past two appearances for Inter Miami, his first two.
And Pink, we'll see what he can do
in the second half tonight,
which is now underway.
Inter Miami and Nashville SC scoreless
as we enter the second half.
And then my ace up the sleeve on Hani Mukhtar.
I think this works in Nashville's favor.
Shafferberg leaving, Mukhtar over the bar.
The flag stayed down and that's a really good chance.
This was going to happen right when we're speaking
about Shafferberg and Hani Mukhtar,
but now Fafa Pico and Hani Mukhtar are unpredictable.
They're both like half nines, half tens.
Unbeaten run from Inter Miami.
Kamal Miller, fantastic tackle.
Shafferberg with the ball, Mukhtar is in.
Messi, Panico positioned well, holds on.
The sightline of Panico,
and I think that was the thinking from Lionel Messi,
using those bodies.
Busquets, Gomez, Farias turning on his right foot.
Panico making the save, right to Jordi Alba.
Now Mukhtar, around Miller this time.
Mukhtar off and running, has Shafferberg up the gut.
Jacob Shafferberg with Yedlin chasing from behind.
Shafferberg holding him off, and Kalander making the save.
And yet Shafferberg gets into space.
He holds off DeAndre Yedlin, 60.
Giving away, Mukhtar, step over around Messi.
Pico looked to be well offside.
The flag is down for now.
Mukhtar's in the middle, Mukhtar is in on Kalander.
Mukhtar's flag has stayed down,
and now it comes up very late.
Now that's a difficult look from that angle.
That's from our A team, but from midfield,
camera one, he was off.
Now people at home are saying,
well, why just blow the whistle in case an injury happens?
This is where the argument, it's a difficult one.
He's off, he's off.
Both of these teams return to MLS action this weekend,
and Nashville SC hosts Charlotte,
8.30 p.m. Eastern on Saturday.
Inter-Miami travels to face LAFC, 10 p.m. Eastern on Sunday.
Get tickets to either match at mlssoccer.com slash tickets.
Watch them on MLS season pass on Apple TV.
Shafferberg wins a corner for Nashville.
He wants more, he says it was a handball.
When the ball was played forward, is Shafferberg off?
And from all indications, I think he is.
It's close, it's very, very close
of whether or not Shafferberg's off.
This is a video review, a potential handball
and a potential penalty for Nashville in stoppage time
if Chris Penzo agrees with his video assistant referee,
Younes Merakshi.
Now are they saying that play was too far ahead
and it wasn't part of the attacking phase?
Let's find out the decision.
He's offside, rightfully so, thank you.
Well, you can't waste too much time.
The ball's gotta be whipped in.
You've got Kampana in the box.
The ball's gotta be whipped in at some point.
Lionel Messi gets around Shafferberg.
Messi away from Lovett.
It's Messi panicking the save.
Half touch is not in the best of quality for Messi.
Good tackles from Nashville.
Panico missed the tying penalty.
Back heel to Busquets, floating it to the back post.
Lovett's flicking it on and away from Jordi Alba
and that's the final whistle.
A scoreless draw in Miami.
Nashville SC, the first team to keep Lionel Messi
off the score sheet.