Griffin Dorsey put Houston Dynamo in the lead in the 24th minute of the first half. Amine Bassi increased Houston Dynamo's lead to two with a penalty in the 33rd minute. All of Inter Miami's attempts to counter the goal were thwarted by the Houston defense.Houston: Losing to Inter Miami without superstar Lionel Messi in the US Open Cup final. The Houston Dynamo beat Inter Miami 2-1 to win the title. Inter Miami, aiming for the second title in the Messi era, suffered a setback due to the absence of the superstar in the final. Messi missed the match due to injury.
With only minutes left in the game (90+2), Joseph Martinez scored the consolation goal for Inter Miami. After scoring a goal in the innings time, Inter Miami tried desperately to equalize but could not get it. Apart from Messi, former Barcelona player Jordi Alba also did not play for Inter Miami today.At the end of last season, Messi arrived at Inter Miami during the summer transfer window from PSG. With the strength of Messi, Inter Miami were champions in the League Cup. This is the first title in the history of Inter Miami. Messi has eleven goals and eight assists in eleven games for the club in the season.
India will play today against Saudi Arabia, who overthrew Messi's Argentina; Indian time, ways to watch the match.
Indian coach Igor Stimac said that the fight against Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest challenges in his career. Although no one in the team was injured, some players had colds and upset stomach, Stimac said.Hangzhou: India will have a big fight today in Asian Games football. India's opponents in the pre-quarter battle are Saudi Arabia, the powerhouses of Asian football. The match will be played at the Huanglong Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou at 5 PM IST. In India, the match will be available on Sony Sports Network and live streaming on Sony Live. Even in Asia India and Saudi cannot be compared. Saudi Arabia is ranked 5th among Asian teams and 57th in the FIFA world rankings. India, on the other hand, is ranked 18th in Asia and 102nd in the world. In the three games played so far in the Asian Games, Saudi Arabia scored 18 goals, while India managed to score only two goals.
Indian coach Igor Stimac said that the fight against Saudi Arabia is one of the biggest challenges in his career. Although no one in the team was injured, some players had colds and upset stomach, Stimac said. Before this, India and Saudi Arabia met in the quarter-finals of the 1982 Delhi Asian Games. On that day, Saudi Arabia won by a one-sided goal. Despite India's track record against Saudi Arabia, Stimac said that this team could pull off some surprises. After losing to China by five goals to one in the group stage, India defeated Bangladesh by a one-sided goal. They reached the pre-quarter with a draw (1-1) with Myanmar. Saudi Arabia, which defeated Argentina in last year's Qatar World Cup, later showed its strength by bringing the superstars of world football to the Saudi Pro League.
Indian Super League: Odisha draw with defending champions Mumbai City FC
Gerry scored Odisha's goal when the first half of the match was about to end in a tie. Jerry's goal was in injury time of the first half. Bhubaneswar: Odisha FC drew the current champions Mumbai City FC in the Indian Super League. Both teams scored two goals each in the match played at Kalinga Stadium, Odisha's home ground. Odisha's goals were scored by Jerry Mavimingtanga and Roy Krishna. Roostil Griffiths and Jorge Pereira Diaz scored for Mumbai. It was the second match for both the teams. Odisha got two wins. Mumbai's first match ended in a draw.
Gerry scored Odisha's goal when the first half of the match was about to end in a tie. Jerry's goal was in injury time of the first half. But Mumbai hit back within two minutes of the second half. Griffith scored after receiving a pass from Mumbai's Scottish star Greg Stewart. But Odisha fought for victory and got the result. Former Mohun Bagan player Roy Krishna converted a penalty in the 76th minute to give them the lead. But Mumbai equalized after 12 minutes. Former Kerala Blasters player Jorge Perera Diaz scored the equalizer after receiving a pass from Vikram Pratap Singh.
Both have two points from two matches. But when looking at the goal average, Odedish is ahead. Odisha is second in the points table. Mumbai third. Mohun Bagan is the first to win both the matches. Kerala Blasters, who won the first match, are fourth. Tomorrow North East United will face Chennaiyin FC.
Asian Games Football: India lost to Saudi Arabia by two goals and are out of the pre-quarters.
There was no significant progress from India's side. But India defended well in the half. It was this defense that kept the Saudis away from the goal. Hangzhou: Asian Games Futabao India is out without seeing the quarter. India lost by two wickets against Saudi Arabia. Muhammad Khalil Maran scored two goals to win for Saudi Arabia. India managed to hold off Saudi Arabia in the first half of the match at the Huanglong Sports Center Stadium in Hangzhou. But the goals scored by Maran in the 52nd and 58th minutes gave Saudi victory.
There was no significant progress from India's side. But India defended well in the half. It was this defense that kept the Saudis away from the goal. Several times the Saudi forwards tested the Indian goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh. Suffice it to say that India's failure to score was only due to India's luck. But in the 52nd minute, India hit the net. Maran scored the goal through a header. Muhammad Al Shamad lifted the ball into the box and Maran got his head and shook the net. Maran, the star of Al Nasr in the Saudi league, scored again after eight minutes. Maran Dheeraj, who entered the box with the ball, tricked the ball into the goal line. Maran is a player who has played and scored goals with Al Nasr. Maran is also the only player from Al Nasr to play for Saudi.