Inter Miami shook off a two-goal first-half deficit Saturday night to stun host CF Montreal 3-2.
Miami (8-2-3, 27 points) fell behind early after allowing two goals in a 10-minute span in the first half, but it rallied to tie the match before halftime. In the 59th minute, Inter Miami took the lead on a goal from Benjamin Cremaschi.
Cremaschi scored after a Miami counterattack. After running a few yards, Matias Rojas lifted a left-footed pass over the Montreal back line, and Cremaschi overcame a poor first touch to roll the ball past the keeper and into the back of the net.
The accuracy from Matías Rojas to Benja who gives us the lead pic.twitter.com/ToQoBDGM97
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) May 12, 2024
Rojas scored the first goal of the match for Inter Miami in the 44th minute on a free kick from 30 yards out, which he looped over the wall and into the top-right corner. Four minutes later, Luis Suarez scored his MLS-leading 11th goal after getting his right foot on the end of a corner kick.
Matías Rojas free kick vs. Montreal
BANGERS ONLY An absolute stunner from Matias Rojas pic.twitter.com/Byn6C8Sj2o
— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) May 12, 2024
Just like that, Miami are LEVEL.
Luis Suarez with his 11th goal of the season to tie things up! pic.twitter.com/fkr3BcR5Lv— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 12, 2024
CF Montreal (3-5-3, 12 points) thought they might have their second win over Miami this season after scoring early in the first half. In the 22nd minute, Jules-Anthony Vilsaint broke down the left side of the field before finding Bryce Duke behind Miami's back line. Duke took a touch before firing a shot between the keeper's legs and into the back of the net to make it 1-0.
In the 32nd minute, a give-and-go between Vilsaint and Ariel Lassiter ultimately ended in Vilsaint firing a shot into the bottom-right corner from about 15 yards out to extend the lead to 2-0.
Bryce Duke against his former club!
What a way to open the night in Montreal.#MLSSeasonPass: https://t.co/XJYVqqRXRU pic.twitter.com/6PoYEVT2SY
— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 12, 2024
Perfection from @cfmontreal.
Jules-Anthony Vilsaint finishes off the move to make it 2-0! pic.twitter.com/o8OfbrqKrP— Major League Soccer (@MLS) May 12, 2024
Inter Miami's goal difference of plus-15 is the best in the MLS by a wide margin. Montreal's minus-eight, on the other hand, is tied for the second-worst mark in the Eastern Conference.
(Field Level Media)
