Colorado Rapids vs. Inter Miami CF - Full Match Highlights - 75,824 Fans PACK Broncos Stadium!

Ojederen in that midfield, he's going to be that anchor at times to allow Josh Detentio to get more forward. Paxton Aaronson brings the creativity, the energy in the final third. Tlasko Sadovia will be looking to get on the score sheet. Severty did a good job in the last match to find a way at the back post to contribute. And Hermann with his side beam, very good to watch. Can they deliver against the MLS Cup champs? It is Colorado Rapids back at Empower Field at Mountain High who get us on the way, attacking from right to left. Immediate long ball forward. Fredericks is playing a lot more narrow and that could be an avenue for him to get forward as well. Back for Stefan. Miami pressing themselves here and winning it back. And there's contact and the referee, John Freeman says play on. Peels from Yannick Bright. Watch this replay. Yannick Bright is going to come into your frame and when he takes this ball off of Josh Detentio it's a heavy touch and watch the legs coming together. So is Edwin. Generally when this happens, the referee comes back with a decision that will result in a penalty. Detentio making contact. Brightly done well with the step and the press. Freeman watching on. Messi scores. Just rolls it down the middle. Calm as you like. And into Miami, has a perfect start. Recognizing the moment to go and be more aggressive inside the 18. Strips the ball off Detentio. Draws the contact. And once you give Lionel Messi an opportunity, it's the composure. He waits for Zach Steffen to guess. Just calmly rolls it into the back of the net. To put his side up 1-0 on the road. That's better play. Frederick, really good for the Rapids to build up. And now it's wide open. The Panou from Colorado. Sliced into Miami open. And almost leveled. And this is what we were talking about. When Navajo drops deeper and brings the center back out of position, there's space to exploit. Paxton Harrison does a really good job with that touch. Harrington almost caught out by Messi. Who again, applauds the referee's decision. Keith, you and I were in Miami last weekend, right? Yep. For the game against the New York Rebels and Rebels New York. And there were large battles in that game. Where we were saying, Miami has so much of the ball. Now you've got to punish them. Patterson. Patterson goes for goal and the save. From St. Clair. That last chance there and then the one where he dragged wide in transition. Colorado, they've got to find a goal before the half. Reward themselves for the way that they've controlled this first half. And dominated with the ball. Hesitated for a moment there. The inter-Miami goalkeeper. Wins it back. Benungu central. Ball flushed across the six. Driven into that area. So direct. So difficult. To pin down Jorge Benungu. After he just muscles by Falcone. And shifts around that defender. Once he gets in the 18, I want him to just play even more freedom. Just take on the next defender. Try to get a shot off himself. Pressure on him. The ball. Messi. The flick. The overlapping run here from Silvetti. Gets the cross in. That is a targeted in. With the second for inter-Miami. The turnover. And that was the overlapping run from Silvetti. Does so well. And then he just floats his ball into a dangerous area. Inter-Miami. This is a striker's finish. This is the expectation that inter-Miami had. Of their number nine position. When they brought him in. To win these kind of duels centrally. Two, three defenders around him. But he shrugs off one. In Kosey Thompson. To create the separation he needs. And he's into Miami. You get the second half underway. Attacking from right to left in the old pink. Well over 90% down. In terms of favor to go on. Turn this halftime lead into a victory. Hendricks. Atencio. Couldn't corral that one into Paul. He goes down. Humphrey says no free kick. And the hit from Atencio. Right at Dane St. Clair. That's how you can beat the press. Because you can't. You're not going to outrun the ball are you? So as Colorado Rappers are trying to shift. And get numbers to the ball. The ball just moving so quickly. It's a great ball. Trying to play it in by Dane St. Clair. Red in every step of the way. Travis it. Underlapped. It's been a feature over the last couple of times. He's had possession. Wanting to go long. And he holds his hand up to apologize on that one. Nobody else was on the same page. Areas of improvement. You can say for both sides. In terms of what we've seen today. In the final third. This is better. Navajo. Meningo on the far side. Navajo. This is a composure. That Matt Weld was to see from his team. To draw up players. To create space to attack. Falcone once again gets dragged out of the center back. In this little chop. That little fade. Yappie at the far post. Menungu. Going to the edge of the box. The shot's deflected. And Steve Thompson's gone down. Yappie's with it back. Real energy. Real bite. To this rapid side right now. Brown as well. Second striker alongside. Navajo. Frederick has dropped in central. Foul's true to his word. Said my team are going to be in the front foot. Foul decision. Defensive midfielder. The man he's put on. Clean. But the two center backs from inner Miami. They get caught getting. Don't know whether or not to step with the movements of Navajo. Both full backs are out of position. But it's a daring run from Darren Yappie. 18 year old Lucas Harrington with a dime of a ball. And with probably his first touch of his game. Since he's come on. Darren Yappie draws his side back level. Showing a level of composure when he gets into the final third. Good movements to start the run. The way that he wants his team to play. Manugui should be pressing higher up the pitch. Well they've done it here. Navajo is in behind. A little touch. Yappie. That one's deflected. On a number of occasions. Bright does well. He's been one of the better performers for Inter Miami. Messi. First time a little bit of space for him. Lionel Messi. It's on the ice. Yes. Lionel Messi delivers it. To these Rapids fans. Now this is interesting. Because this play starts deep in their own end. And it's the fullback Jackson Travis. Who's attempting to make a run. In behind. Inter Miami's back line. But just so quickly. They transition the ball. Yannick Bright is able to find Messi. And all he needs is the smallest window. The smallest window. The smallest gap. 85 minutes. Dante you talked about his creativity. And they didn't get it forward. Out of play. And that is going to be the final action. Back and forth affair. And then power field a mile high. Inter Miami leads. At half time. By two goals to nil.