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00:00on decision day despite all the chances the dominance they took just a one goal
00:09lead into halftime added time is presented by Celsius official energy
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00:17Nashville can take a two goal lead into halftime and know how that would feel
00:24for them with their season on the line
00:34DePaul floating forward Willis will collect
00:54Palacios chasing Suarez he leaves it for Messi
01:04Suarez had cut off the option back to Willis
01:09Palacios did all he could and Nashville do well to deal with that danger Mugtar releases
01:14a little too late Surridge had moved into an offside position
01:18as Surge was on and honey Mugtar recognizes it now that the quicker ball the quicker decision he was in
01:28that's the one thing about Sam Surge that's understated is his mobility and his ability to
01:33run off the back line and put defenders under pressure he goes straight through Sergio Busquets
01:41he gets warned by Alan Chapman the referee Busquets is back up
01:44well remembering game one of this series wasn't it our indecision day excuse me Rodrigo DePaul was
01:51pulling the back side of the jersey of Sam Surge it was in game one in South Florida asking who are you
01:58each player got a yellow card for that moment Surge a little push after DePaul playing some mind games
02:0630 goals in all competitions I can promise you Rodrigo DePaul knows who Sam Surge is
02:10he would be number one at least one B if not one A on their scouting report as phrase crosses deflected
02:17into the arms of Joe Willis
02:24and listen Bauer scores the second goal but if I'm Javier Mascherano
02:30my first message at halftime is Allende's got to be on him consistently
02:35force him to defend deeper force him to defend in that way so then Frey can be overlapping at times
02:43they haven't asked a ton of Bauer defending tonight and that's credit to the front line of Nashville
02:49doing a good job of limiting Allende but Allende had an unbelievable opportunity tie the game at 1-1 on the back
02:55post but we were here a couple weeks ago decision day and the fans were screaming rocking and rolling with a one goal lead
03:04everyone's got to remind themselves still a long way to go here with 45 minutes oh how things have changed in this series
03:13Nashville a 2-0 lead at halftime of game two Josh Bauer the second goal
03:19Rocko Rios Novo conceding a penalty in the opening minutes of the game
03:25Miami missing their chances Nashville taking theirs
03:30an intense energetic tight first half at G Otis Park
03:36Kevin Egan and the guys will break it down when we return Nashville leads 2-0
03:41Nashville did a much better job they did
03:44as the Nashville players need to walk by the Miami players which is always a very interesting
03:51choice you can see Talasco Segovia coming out with Inter-Miami Noah Allen is not
03:58so that appears to be a halftime change for Javier Mascherano is
04:03Hany Mukhtar Nashville don't want to change anything from the first half where they were fantastic and lead 2-0
04:09but Segovia coming on for Allen this will be likely a change in structure as well
04:18as Miami tried to do what they did two weeks ago and come back here in Nashville and end this series
04:26after two games Lionel Messi held pretty quiet in the first half that one moment the ball threw to Jordi Alba
04:33Allende then unable to finish on the back post into an open net
04:41Joe Willis not forced to to really make any big saves and he seems ready to go what would have
04:48happened if Joe Willis actually drank the smelling salts and thought that was his water
04:53I don't know because his reaction told you what just smelling him will do
05:02Josh Bauer
05:04the second goal
05:07Joe Willis trying to help Nashville force another game a game three extend their season
05:15it's Nashville whose season is on the line tonight
05:20if Miami win they advance if Nashville win it's game three next week in South Florida
05:27second half underway in game two Nashville leads 2-0 at halftime
05:33Segovia on for Allen the change from Javier Mascherano at halftime
05:38Sergio Busquets drops to playing as a center back which he essentially did in the first half in the middle of a back three
05:49this will be a little different now it appears it'll just be a back four
05:53Busquets next to Falcone with Frey and Jordi Alba on either side
05:56and this is also Segovia's natural profile he's played winger a lot for this team
06:01but he came here out of South America as a deep line playmaker he's got good range
06:09he's going to give them some legs it gives Miami a different look in the midfield for sure
06:19Mukhtar left it for Surridge sprays it towards Nahar
06:22Yazbek chasing as well Jordi Alba a little step over
06:27Rodriguez good control to keep that in play and then a big switch to Frey Rodriguez is down
06:37Ellen Chapman allows Miami to continue play
06:48there's a little confusion right now for BJ Kellan and Nashville I think they went at halftime
06:59and prepared for Miami to come out with three in the back
07:03and now they're a little uncertain with where their trigger is to press and who that is so Alex
07:08Moia will be a little bit further wide right than initially he was in that first half and in large
07:13part because now they've gone to a natural back four Busquets finds Frey
07:21DePaul floating it over Messi's head Palacios only as far as Segovia and the handball Segovia brought
07:29it down with his arm well just to remind you nobody in the playoffs has given up more goals in the first
07:3515 minutes of each half so the message from BJ Callahan and Nashville is we've got to be aggressive
07:41we can't sit in yes we've got a two goal lead at home
07:45but we do not want to sit in and just rely on Miami not being good enough tonight and allow them to build
07:52rhythm we showed you the graphic we showed you all the analytics they were good because they were aggressive
07:57they were intense they've got to stay that way at least until
08:01the 75th minute or so and try to keep this two goal lead they'll know what happened on decision day when
08:07they came out much more defensive after halftime with the lead against inter-miami and ended up losing
08:12that game five to two what it can do if they change their approach
08:17wheel who steps steps up over to Nahar
08:31how often is that third goal critical for teams to finish off Miami whether they're at home or on the
08:39road Nashville's got to stay aggressive here 33 straight games for inter-miami when conceding
08:46two goals or fewer unbeaten the last time they lost when conceding one or two goals
08:55was against vancouver in the kaka cap champions cup and that was 33 games ago this is the 54th match of
09:03inter-miami season that is a new mls record the most competitive games an mls team has ever played
09:09in a single calendar year and this roster's almost 40 changed as well so a lot can happen here willis
09:17comes outside of his 18 sends it to midfield only as far as allende tag seth gets on the second for
09:22next for nashville
09:28wheel nahar
09:33back to alex wheel
09:53surridge let it go there wasn't anybody making the run behind him
10:05nashville heavily favored this is the win probability
10:10but against inter-miami there is always a chance that they will come back
10:15nashville continuing their regression this is a good ball to surridge falcone defending surridge
10:27just wide of the near post
10:32surridge wanted some support and he felt like he could get honey mootar or even andy nahar come in
10:38but he was very direct falcone does a good job of just pushing him wide to cut down the angle
10:49chances have been hard to come by for sam surge in his
10:53now four playoff games but that was a decent opportunity but better from nashville
10:59and staying on the front foot
11:08and staying on the front foot
11:18buskets steps up wheel goes down ends up with nahar
11:23wheel turning away from segovia drawing a foul
11:38bj callahan bringing over honey mootar right now
11:49i mean you can read his words he's telling honey mootar it's a 4-4-2 from miami
11:54so it's the same triggers in the same setup that we expected to start the game with
12:00there's still a little bit of confusion there from nashville and bj callahan stressing to honey
12:05mootar they've got to get their defensive shape sorted
12:26so
12:28what's got me surprised a little bit is silvetti is coming into the game for inner miami it's only
12:46the 53rd minute right yep why not make that change at halftime so something must have happened
12:53more than likely baltazar rodriguez because we haven't seen him run a ton in this second half but
13:02it's just you know what i mean that that's one of those where as a manager will tell you you never
13:07really want to make a sub 10 minutes after halftime because you're using one of your stoppages here's fray
13:14out for a throw
13:24miami will make the change and perhaps it was this moment nahar going through baltazar rodriguez
13:34and it is rodriguez coming out of the game just eight minutes into the second half and it's mateo
13:39silvetti the 19 year old
13:42starred for argentina at the under 20 world cup
13:46scored three goals all off the bench and all their knockout round games until the final
13:53now a big opportunity for miami and maybe one here for allende it's awkward with allende and zimmerman
14:01well silvetti's going to be a completely different look for nashville to defend rodriguez
14:06likes to operate into the gaps he's more of a creative type combination player silvetti's similar
14:10to allende he's going to be very direct but he plays more as a second forward while allende looks like
14:20and acts like and
14:23resembles more of a winger silvetti's going to almost play as that second forward off of suarez
14:30same 11 on the pitch for nashville that started the game they're two young defensive midfielders
14:35on early yellow cards have been playing through that
14:45silvetti
14:48wheel takes it away forward to muktar
14:53segovia one of the two changes along with silvetti that javier mascherano has made segovia came out at
15:00halftime for noah allen shifting sergio busquets back to the back line and silvetti coming on moments
15:06to go for rodriguez
15:10busquets over to jordie alba
15:14suarez
15:16defended well by nashville
15:19allende brings it down
15:21wide defray
15:22he's able to keep it in play bowers sends it out
15:30the row for miami
15:33well bowers arguing that this ball hits ian fray before it goes out
15:42i just my initial thought when i saw the lineups is that miami's going to be very aggressive in getting
15:48after bauer because he's not a natural fullback and wants to defend in space
15:53jake we haven't seen it watch out muktar almost released into space busquets did really well
15:59to defend that really messy do i end it back to messy
16:04tried to get it into silvetti nashville defending these moments really well tonight
16:08jordie alba
16:17rodrigo de paul
16:20allende narrow angle cuts it back it's blocked and it's cleared
16:25miami continuing the pressure and nashville's they're stuck inside their own end here de paul
16:34oh that's one clean by corcoran nashville could be in now
16:38it's a three on three corcoran surge and muktar
16:41deflected by sokovia corcoran trying to get it to muktar he knows that was a missed opportunity
16:48he's got to be more decisive with the pass he took away from his aggression and definitively
16:55playing that ball into the feet of hunting mootar you've done all the hard work you've stolen the ball
16:59you've gotten to the final third but you've got to finish the play off with a more decisive
17:05convincing pass into the feet of your number 10. zimmerman steps forward and loses it he's out of
17:10position can miami take advantage messi in to suarez too far palacios got there
17:17well there's going to be a check on this because when suarez is running by palacios
17:22palacios throws an elbow into the face of luis suarez so as palacios goes to defend watch the right
17:33elbow from palacios he throws it up and it hits suarez now whether or not var is going to look at
17:43it and say that it's a red card challenge but he slows down and throws the arm up
17:51great little ball here from messi watch the right arm from palacios
17:58what do you think i mean i saw it right away now is that part of me being
18:03a center forward and seeing it is it clear and obvious that it's a red card kind of challenge
18:10that's where i'm leaning towards no but if i'm palacios's teammate i'm looking at him go for what
18:17reason defend the ball defend the play but he throws the arm up and it connects with suarez
18:26i'm not complicating it from the action of the elbow but from what it would mean for miami the
18:31ball's back in play so the check is complete checks complete the call on the field was also
18:35offside on suarez so if there had been a violent conduct red card that could have been given but
18:41miami would not have earned a penalty because suarez was offside but the red card could have been given
18:46of course point yep
18:51no red card no review segovia does well to take it away messi with time in the middle of the field
18:57sprays it over allende brings it down back heel to suarez zimmerman gets their first
19:06i mean it's so obvious that allende is an option and he's really gonna have
19:12a chance to change this game in favor of inner miami just with a little bit cleaner first touch
19:17getting in behind miami continuing the second half pressure
19:23yeah if you're bj kellen in nashville you do not like the way the momentum of this game has changed over
19:28the last three or four minutes you're feeling a little bit like decision day
19:32the way fray gets by corcoran fray floats it jordie alba leaves it messy controls tag seth pokes away
19:44de paul back to jordie alba nashville just unable to relieve the pressure
19:53segovia to jordie alba
19:54and if you notice silvetis come onto the field messi's almost dropped a little deeper at times
20:04falcone allende zimmerman defending
20:08allende goes down it's a goal kick
20:11maybe you can feel the nervousness a little bit now zimmerman does a good job of gliding allende out
20:16but if you're miami you like the little seeds that have been planted into the minds of palacios and
20:25zimmerman you're pulling them out of position you're pulling the pairing into i
20:31palacios and zimmerman you're pulling them out of position you're pulling the pairing
20:36into isolation in 1v1 moments
20:39where i'd argue neither center back really wants to be there with the way the game's unfolded 60 minutes in
20:55before the goal kick was taken referee having words with tax death and messy
21:01as both players giving each other an earful tax death on a yellow
21:05bj callahan screaming attacks that to stay focused stay within the game and don't get caught up
21:13in the stuff off the ball
21:35balcone under pressure gets it forward gets away from the pressure but gives up a throw
21:49under pressure for a throw
22:01tag set corcoran over hits it looking for surge
22:09Jordi Alba behind for Silvetti.
22:16Palacios covers it.
22:24Oh, how good is that from Andy Nahar?
22:29Defending really good, too, Jake, from Palacios in that transitional moment.
22:33Nashville playing with confidence.
22:37A 2-0 lead.
22:38Sam Surridge, a penalty in the opening 10 minutes.
22:42Josh Bauer off a corner just before halftime.
22:49Mokhtar to Surridge.
22:51Surridge for three.
22:53Cutting it back.
23:08I love the movie.
23:18I love the movie.
23:22I love the move of Schaffelberg though because it gives them a different look game is now
23:42with Miami chasing the game trying to get the first goal there is to cut down the lead
23:48but that elusive third goal has been hard to come by by Nashville you and I could
23:53make a real solid point at here that BJ Callahan and Nashville should be up by 3-0
23:58they've had a couple good chances
24:04after halftime but mostly it has been Miami on the ball the protagonist in the second half
24:11down two goals but they've still really been unable to to threaten Joe Willis I haven't
24:18forced a great save out of Joe Willis yet no it was Allende's chance yep in the first half that
24:24when it missed on the back post after a pull on top of the 18 that's really the best chance they
24:28had they have not taken a shot on target no saves for Joe Willis in this game and Suarez hit the post
24:35but you and I thought he was offside anyways and so either way it's been a weird game because Miami's
24:45traditionally been the better team in possession but as you said Joe Willis really hasn't had to do
24:51anything just four shots taken by Inter Miami they have had so much of the ball in this second half
25:00but if you want me to think we're going all the way to 90 minutes plus extra time and Joe Willis
25:05isn't going to have to make a save out of your mind it's going to come
25:09Jordy Alba Suarez there it is Allende can he get it away leaves it for Frey it's blocked
25:20and it's cleared and there's the moment for Joe Willis keeps it 2-0
25:27you can't stop Inter Miami from creating chances you've just got to be up for the moment
25:33that is a great first touch from Luis Suarez and 9 out of 10 times that hits the back of the net but
25:41as a goalkeeper you come off your line you make yourself big and you just throw your body in front
25:46of it hoping that it hits you what a massive save in the timing of this game from Joe Willis
25:54that is big time 66 minutes for Miami to force a save out of Joe Willis
26:00and it's a fantastic one from the Nashville goalkeeper
26:04still 2-0 now into space for the dangerous Jacob Schaffelberg
26:11Ian Frey defending Schaffelberg wins a corner
26:14there's just so much left in this game Jake the way
26:23the scoreline is Miami's going to obviously throw all caution to the wind in the 70th 73rd minute
26:32they're going to throw numbers forward Schaffelberg comes on
26:34Hani Mugtar loves transitional moments like those
26:38it's why you have to get the third goal
26:41you have to get the third goal if you're in Nashville
26:45Mugtar Zimmerman flicks it on almost made its way to Bauer again Frey got in the way
27:02it just leaves me perplexed why game one Nashville didn't come out this way
27:12it is surprising given the first half on decision day
27:18given how their aggression has played out tonight
27:22to a 2-0 lead in the 68th minute
27:26they were more defensive in game one in Miami
27:30they were perhaps more careful
27:32they lost that game 3-1
27:36without threatening much
27:38it's been different tonight
27:39but Miami lurking
27:43Messi
27:44over towards Jordi Alba
27:46Nahar steps in the way
27:48Surridge
27:57carrying forward
27:58now Schaffelberg
28:00Mugtar in the middle
28:01Busquets there
28:02only as far as Surridge
28:03he goes down
28:04Alan Chapman the referee
28:06tells him to get up
28:18Messi now for Miami
28:20Silvetti coming forward
28:21that's off of Bauer
28:23it's a deep throw for Inter-Miami
28:25if you're Miami
28:26you want to throw this in as quickly as you can
28:28because I think there's going to be a second look at that tackle
28:32on Sam Surge
28:33I just
28:34Sam Surge cuts it against the grain
28:37but as he cuts this ball
28:38Segovia runs into him
28:40I mean you tell me how Segovia doesn't foul him
28:45that's a foul anywhere else on the field
28:48and again I don't have an issue with Alan Chapman saying play on
28:53because maybe he didn't have the angle
28:54but this is why you have video review
28:56I just
28:57I see the touch
28:59from Sam Surge
29:02and I feel like the left leg
29:05from Segovia comes out
29:06and they're going to say it wasn't clear and obvious
29:11and what they're going to tell me after the game
29:13is that clear and obvious means that
29:15Sam Surge
29:17according to them and VAR
29:18ran into Segovia
29:20that's where I think
29:23there's still little intricacies within VAR
29:26that you can look at
29:27as an attacking player Jake
29:29I'm looking at that
29:30Sam Surge is making the argument right now
29:33I have the ball on my feet
29:34I cut it to my right
29:36big moment
29:40that third goal is so hard to come by
29:42when you go against Miami
29:44as crazy as it sounds right now
29:47Nashville's desperate
29:48they should have had the third goal by now
29:50they don't have it
29:51you're playing with fire
29:54if Miami gets the next goal
29:55Armando Villarreal
29:58the video assistant referee
29:59took a long look at that moment
30:01no clear and obvious error
30:03still 2-0
30:04no penalty for Nashville
30:06Miami still in this game
30:11by their standards
30:14Suarez into the middle
30:15dealt with by Nashville
30:16Mukhtar cuts it back
30:21play continues again
30:23Frey trying it with his left
30:25it's blocked by Zimmerman
30:26Messi will get on it
30:28Nahar is down
30:32and play was stopped
30:33I was just going to say
30:35Jake
30:35pardon me for interrupting you
30:37as Ian Frey was going to hit it
30:39there was a little bit of something
30:40with Nahar
30:41and Suarez
30:44out of your picture
30:46Suarez was trying to make this run back post
30:50now I felt like Suarez threw
30:51was it his leg out
30:53or his arm
30:54it felt like he threw his leg back
30:58to kick
30:59Andy Nahar
30:59watch the
31:00watch your screen right here
31:01watch Suarez throw his right leg up
31:03yeah absolutely
31:04I mean my eyes
31:09don't deceive me
31:11and more often than not
31:12when Luis Suarez is involved
31:14you need a second or a third look
31:16that was called as a foul
31:18in real time
31:18and then it was just checked
31:20for a red card
31:21that check complete
31:22the ball's back into play
31:23interesting and perhaps
31:31difficult night
31:32for Armando Villarreal
31:33some really close decisions
31:36for the video assistant referee
31:38to make
31:38and he has stuck with
31:40the calls on the field
31:41so far
31:42this is going to be
31:45a Nashville restart
31:46no foul called
31:48Frey handled the ball
31:49when he went down
31:50expecting a foul
31:51and Nashville gets the ball
31:53again bodies tumbling
32:22again
32:23play on
32:24Alan Chapman
32:27letting a lot go
32:29Nahar
32:32Surridge has room
32:35he finds him
32:35Surridge
32:36oh he misses it
32:37oh my goodness
32:39what a chance
32:42for a third goal
32:43for Nashville
32:44I mean what a ball in
32:46this is
32:47this is the initial foul
32:49that everyone thought
32:50Falcone ran through it
32:51now watching it
32:53I don't know
32:53but this is
32:54I'm telling you right
32:56now I said it
32:57it's just different
32:58in the playoffs
32:59the Sam Surge
33:00that I've watched
33:01versus the one
33:02I've watched
33:03over the last two years
33:03it's different
33:04Nashville
33:06letting Miami
33:07hang around
33:08just a two goal game
33:10Jake
33:11you cannot
33:12waste opportunities
33:13and we are going to
33:14beat this dead horse
33:15until it's a dead camel
33:16I'm telling you
33:18right now
33:18you cannot miss
33:19opportunities
33:19Nashville's missed
33:21two or three
33:21big opportunities
33:23to put this game away
33:24speaking of big names
33:25superstars
33:26coming up
33:27after this match
33:28Tomas Mueller
33:30and Vancouver
33:30trying to finish off
33:32FC Dallas
33:32on the road
33:33Chucky Lozano
33:34back with San Diego
33:36on the bench
33:37tonight
33:37not in the 11
33:38trying to win
33:40their series
33:41against Portland
33:42both of those games
33:43start at 930
33:44Eastern
33:45here on Apple TV
33:46and MLS Season Pass
33:47and this
33:53game two
33:54in Nashville
33:55has been fantastic
33:57so far
33:57two goals
33:59in the first half
33:59from Nashville SC
34:00so many moments
34:02both ways
34:03Nashville lead
34:052-0
34:06and are 16 minutes
34:07and added time away
34:08from forcing
34:09a game three
34:10Yazbek
34:16around Busquets
34:17Yazbek's
34:19gonna keep going
34:20over to Surridge
34:24numbers in the middle
34:25behind Schaffelberg
34:27and Mugtar
34:28you can't get
34:30a better run
34:31from Hany Mugtar
34:32and Yazbek
34:33just
34:34brilliant
34:35combination
34:35absolutely
34:37brilliant
34:37lay it off
34:38and then take
34:39players on
34:40but that layoff
34:41there
34:41and then the
34:41little juke
34:42here
34:42to get by
34:44Busquets
34:45but then the
34:45composure here
34:46to still draw
34:47in Falcone
34:47that's the right
34:49ball
34:49he's gotta drive
34:50that to
34:50the back post
34:51you cannot clip
34:52that
34:53if you're
34:53Sam Serge
34:54because both
34:55of your runners
34:55are making a
34:56hard run
34:56to that back
34:57post
34:57still
34:58just 2-0
34:59Silvetti
35:00DePaul
35:03Suarez
35:05broken up
35:06Nashville
35:07have been so
35:08good defensively
35:09tonight
35:09Yazbek
35:11again
35:11is just
35:11gonna keep
35:12going
35:12touch
35:13around
35:13Busquets
35:14Surridge
35:15on the
35:16left
35:16Yazbek
35:17from a
35:19narrow angle
35:19forces the
35:20save out
35:21of Rio
35:21Slovo
35:22it's a
35:22corner
35:23for Nashville
35:24well the
35:26Australian
35:26internationals
35:27put on a
35:28show
35:28the last
35:294 or 5
35:29minutes but
35:30he's done
35:30so
35:31throughout
35:32the entire
35:32year
35:33he has
35:33showed
35:33the
35:33propensity
35:34from box
35:35to box
35:35to contribute
35:36defending
35:37to get
35:38into the
35:38attacking
35:39third with
35:39the ball
35:40at his feet
35:40or to
35:41playoff
35:41combinations
35:42Yazbek
35:45has been
35:46really solid
35:47for Nashville
35:48and he's
35:49been a
35:49great
35:49signing
35:50especially
35:53for them
35:54in the
35:54attacking
35:54third
35:55great
35:55fluidity
35:56through
35:56the
35:56midfield
35:57and how
35:57about
35:58those
35:58lung
35:58busting
35:58runs
35:59brilliant
36:00and now
36:03this corner
36:04for Nashville
36:05in search
36:06of a
36:07third
36:07in search
36:09of even
36:09more
36:10breathing
36:10room
36:10Mukhtar
36:15Zimmerman
36:16down
36:16it came
36:17off
36:17Bauer
36:18it came
36:18off
36:18a Miami
36:19player
36:19rather
36:20another
36:23corner
36:24coming
36:24for Nashville
36:24more
36:45good
36:46fun
36:47and
36:48they're
36:49kind of
36:49good
36:50and
36:50they're
36:51good
36:51for more
36:52Falcone and Frey on the ground
37:00Yellow card
37:01Sam Surridge
37:06Shona Yellow card
37:09His second of this series
37:10He's got them both for basically doing the same thing
37:16A little push while jostling before a set piece
37:19Yellow card accumulation at three
37:24Mukhtar into the middle
37:27Couple deflections
37:28Another corner came off of Miami last again
37:33Well that near post run's been dangerous for Nashville
37:44On these set pieces more often than not
37:46It's Walker Zimmerman
37:47I don't think there was any foul there
37:52I'm just
37:52I'm as curious as anyone
37:54When I watch Sam Surridge
37:56Why play into the games of Falcone
37:59Don't get into any of that
38:02And DePaul a week ago
38:04It's
38:05That tells me there's just someone
38:09That's still pushing the envelope a little bit
38:11And trying to get over the hump
38:13You've done all the hard work as a center forward
38:15You've run the channels
38:16You've held it up
38:17You've had combinations
38:18You've had opportunities to put this game away
38:21There's no reason now
38:23Sam Surridge on a yellow card
38:25In the 79th minute
38:26To get caught up in any of the baby games
38:29You've got to be available for game three for Nashville
38:33Two changes from BJ Callahan
38:36Ahmed Qasim will return after missing the last six with an ankle injury
38:40Alex Mwil will come off
38:42And Patrick Yazbek
38:45Who has put in some work tonight
38:48Will leave
38:49Brian Acosta
38:50Will enter
38:51Nashville trying to see this game out
38:55And force a game three
38:57Both guys really strong tonight
38:59Yazbek
39:00And Alex Mwil is just that guy that you want on your team
39:04He can play multiple roles within the tactical setup
39:07But he just gives you so much
39:08He's clean technically
39:12Doesn't get enough credit
39:13That he retains the ball very well
39:15But just his defensive structure
39:17The energy
39:18You want Alex Mwil on your team in a big game
39:35Ian Frey
39:36Segovia's got to chase it down
39:43Jordi Alba
39:45Makes it to Segovia
39:48Spinning
39:49Nahar
39:49Defending
39:50Segovia
39:52Nutmeg Surridge
39:53DePaul
39:55Surveying
39:59Now under pressure
40:01Is fouled
40:02Messi
40:19Clipping it to the back post
40:20Looking for Falcone
40:21He got his head to it
40:22But couldn't keep it in play
40:23The player comparison is presented by Celsius
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40:38Both Josh Bauer and Jordi Alba
40:41Lead their teams in touches tonight
40:43Well and as we're showing this comparison
40:50Josh Bauer has stepped in for the injured Daniel Lovitz
40:53In a real positive way tonight
40:55Sam Surridge is down injured
40:58Surridge receiving treatment
41:07Right now it's Josh Bauer's goal
41:14And Sam Surridge's goal
41:15The two that made it 2-0
41:17And Bauer's right before halftime
41:18Really changed the feel of this game
41:20Remember in game one
41:25Palacios went down with a little bit of a hamstring injury
41:28Had to stay out for two minutes
41:30Miami scored
41:30I don't know if
41:32B.J. Callahan
41:33Is going to want to do this with
41:35Sam Surridge
41:36I think you're going to have to make a change
41:37If he takes him out
41:39Surridge
41:40As this is the moment
41:43Surridge is going down on that
41:46After that set piece
41:48So if Surridge comes out of the game
41:49Then his replacement
41:50Which looks like it's going to be Teal Bunbury
41:52Will not have to wait two minutes to come in
41:54If Surridge were to continue
41:56He would have had to come off
41:57To the side for two minutes
41:58They are going to make that change
41:59They will
41:59So Surridge's night is done
42:02An earned penalty
42:03And then the penalty converted
42:05Within the first ten minutes of this game
42:07Gave Nashville a 1-0 lead early
42:10And set the tone
42:12He had other chances
42:15Moments to perhaps make it 3-0
42:18In the second half
42:19But it's Teal Bunbury
42:22The 35-year-old
42:2416-year veteran of Major League Soccer
42:27That will enter
42:28That will enter
42:29For the final seven minutes
42:30And added time
42:31Of game two
42:33Nashville lead 2-0
42:36If they hang on
42:39They'll force a game three
42:40Back in Miami
42:41Next weekend
42:43Miami need two goals
42:48To send this to penalties
42:51Miami have forced just one save
43:04Out of Joe Willis tonight
43:05Just one shot on target
43:07As Messi sprays that in
43:09Towards Silvetti
43:10And then pokes it away from behind
43:12And this is Messi still
43:14Messi sliding it
43:15Frey cutting it across
43:17Off of Bauer
43:18Corner for Miami
43:19Well now
43:24Bauer's grabbing his right knee
43:26As he went to challenge that
43:28On Ian Frey
43:29And Allende
43:30I think Nashville's
43:31At their best tonight
43:33Is how they've made it
43:35Very difficult
43:37For those little seam passes
43:38They've forced Miami
43:41To go around them tonight
43:42And it's been difficult
43:43Oh boy
43:44Messi dragged down
43:46By Schaffelberg
43:47Yellow card
43:49To Jacob Schaffelberg
43:50Set piece
43:51For Inter Miami
43:52It's imperative
43:55In this moment
43:55Joe Willis gets this wall
43:57Set up perfectly
43:58Because with the wet surface
43:59If Messi can get this
44:03Up over
44:04Honey Mugtar
44:05And dipping anywhere
44:06This could be really difficult
44:08With any kind of touch
44:09For Joe Willis
44:10To keep out of the back
44:11Of his net
44:12Messi
44:14From a narrow angle
44:16It's a tough angle
44:17With the surface
44:18Messi drives this in
44:21It takes a deflection
44:22And then it's headed away
44:23By Nahar
44:24Not clear
44:25As Frey puts it back in
44:26And then cleared
44:27Miami will reset
44:30DePaul
44:33To Busquets
44:34Jordi Alba
44:37Rodrigo DePaul
44:39Palacios
44:45And Acosta combine
44:47Silvetti
44:50A step over
44:52On the ground
44:53Easy for Bauer
44:54Frey wins it back
45:14Segovia now
45:15Messi
45:16First time
45:17Right at Willis
45:18Second save of the night
45:24For Joe Willis
45:25Well awful giveaway
45:26Here from Kasim
45:27It allows Segovia
45:28And Inter-Miami
45:29To turn immediately around
45:31And that's the kind of play
45:32They wanted
45:33Play it quickly
45:34In front of Joe Willis
45:35And just redirect it
45:37Unfortunate for Messi
45:40In Miami
45:40It was right at Joe Willis
45:42Corcoran
45:50Scheffelberg
45:52Busquets takes it away
45:55To Paul
46:02To Paul
46:02Forward for Silvetti
46:04Willis
46:05At the very edge
46:07Corner of his 18
46:08Collects
46:09Well Joe Willis
46:11Coming off his line
46:11The way Rios Novo
46:12Should have done so
46:13In the first 10 minutes
46:14Of the game
46:15The match rankings are presented
46:21By AT&T
46:22Connecting changes everything
46:25The leaders and chances created today
46:28Heavy Nashville
46:30They have been fantastic
46:32From the opening whistle
46:34And that may be the first time
46:36Since Lionel Messi's been
46:37In Major League Soccer
46:38That he's not in the top five
46:39Of that category
46:41Chances created is one thing
46:43Big chances created is another
46:45Nashville's been so good
46:48In frustrating Lionel Messi
46:50In Miami tonight
46:51They've done it for 87 minutes
46:53Both sides of the ball
46:54Every facet of the game
46:56And they're three minutes
46:58And added time away
46:59From extending this series
47:01And forcing a game three
47:03Messi
47:06Carries forward
47:08Into Suarez
47:10Palacios pokes it away
47:12Not clear yet
47:12Mukhtar
47:14Schaffelberg
47:16Now Mukhtar off and running
47:17For Nashville
47:18A step over
47:19Blows past Busquets
47:21Mukhtar is going to keep going
47:22Slides it for Bumpery
47:24Falcone defends
47:26And takes it away
47:27How about that
47:28Defending from Falcone
47:29And for Hani Mukhtar
47:34In the 88th minute
47:35To have that energy
47:36To pull off that kind of run
47:39I mean the last ten games
47:43They've lost eight
47:44They've drawn two
47:45Against Miami
47:46It's just been so difficult
47:49For Nashville
47:50To get over the hump
47:51And you can almost feel it
47:53In the second half
47:53Trying to get the third goal
47:55That elusive third goal
47:57That pretty much
47:57Cements the game
47:58In their favor
47:59If they win this game
48:04Jake
48:04What does that do
48:05For game three
48:05All the pressure
48:06In the world
48:06Is on Miami
48:07Frey's cross takes a deflection
48:09It's a corner
48:10If Nashville
48:13Hold on
48:13It'll be their first win
48:14Over Miami
48:15Since May of 2023
48:17Ten meetings
48:18Since then
48:19And those thoughts
48:24For Miami
48:24Of last year
48:25Will certainly
48:26Creep back
48:27Into the mind
48:28DePaul
48:30Into the middle
48:31Palacios
48:32Flicks it on
48:33Jordi Alba
48:34Settles
48:34Clips it off of
48:36Acosta
48:36Willis
48:37A punch away
48:37Busquets with time
48:51DePaul
48:54Messi
48:56Oh no
48:58Released from him
48:59And he scores
49:00Messi again
49:05Against Nashville
49:06Miami
49:07Back in the game
49:08Oh my goodness
49:13Naive defending
49:16At its best
49:17You've had this kind of game
49:2490 minutes
49:25Josh Bauer's done a good job
49:27Of defending
49:28Keeping everyone
49:29In front of him
49:29But he gets baited
49:31By Ian Frey
49:32Making that run
49:33Kasem can't make
49:35That run either
49:36This is Lionel Messi
49:38He's 18 yards
49:39From goal
49:40You cannot
49:41Allow him
49:42To go to his left foot
49:44His 13th goal
49:46In his ninth
49:47Game against Nashville
49:48Hang on tight
49:50Here we go
49:51A near perfect game
49:57From Nashville
49:58Intense
50:00Six minutes
50:02They never lost
50:03Concentration
50:03Until that moment
50:05Jake only six minutes
50:06Of extra time
50:07Minimum six left
50:09For Inter Miami
50:11To try to find a goal
50:12And force penalties
50:14A reminder
50:15In round one
50:16Of the MLS
50:17Playoffs
50:18Games level
50:19After 90 minutes
50:20Go straight
50:21To penalties
50:22The winner
50:23Of the penalty
50:23Shootout
50:24The winner
50:24Of the game
50:25As far as
50:25Best of three
50:26Is concerned
50:27Nervy moments
50:29Now for Nashville
50:30Whoa
50:34Whoa
50:34Whoa what a tackle
50:34From Busquets
50:35To win it back
50:36And how big
50:37Are those missed
50:38Chances
50:38From Sam
50:39Surge
50:39In Nashville
50:40To get the third goal
50:41At a time
50:42As presented by
50:42Celsius
50:43Official energy drink
50:44Partner of MLS
50:45Minimum six
50:47Messi
50:48Messi
50:48Into Allende
50:49I'm still stunned
50:55I mean it's
50:55Lionel Messi
50:56In your own
50:5718
50:58Oh Falcone
51:02I'll tell you one thing
51:02Falcone's had some
51:03Moments in this
51:04Second half
51:05Where he's defending
51:06For not only his life
51:08But Miami's
51:09Javier Mascherano
51:10Was shown a yellow card
51:11After Messi's goal
51:12And now DePaul
51:17Into Allende
51:20Messi
51:21Corcoran's not leaving him now
51:23He pokes it away
51:24Big switch
51:25From DePaul
51:25Can Joe Willis make
51:26The big save here
51:27Jordi Alba
51:28Flicked on by
51:30Silvetti
51:30And over
51:31Decent chance
51:33For the 19 year old
51:34B.J. Callahan's got his hands up
51:38Asking the question
51:39Why
51:40Why defend this deep
51:42But you've had to make
51:43So many subs
51:44From players that haven't
51:46Really been called upon
51:48In recent time
51:50And they haven't been up
51:52For the moment here
51:53Kassim's come in
51:55With a couple bad giveaways
51:56Not defending
51:57With Josh Bauer
51:59Leads to Messi's
52:00First goal
52:00And Joe Willis
52:02Immediately when that ball
52:04Went over
52:04Did he have back spasms
52:06He's struggling to move
52:07Right now
52:07Nashville's desperate
52:09Nashville are out
52:10Of substitutions
52:11They've used all three
52:12Of their windows
52:13It's a little thing
52:15But keep an eye on
52:16Joe Willis
52:16Taking this goal kick
52:17He literally
52:19Motioned to the bench
52:20And the bench
52:21Looked at him
52:22And said
52:22We can't do anything
52:23Willis
52:28Willis
52:30Puts it back
52:31Into play
52:32Nahar
52:35Sends forward
52:37Falcone
52:39Flicks back
52:39To his goalkeeper
52:40Rios Novo
52:41Busquets
52:53Steps forward
52:54Brasher from
53:00Corcoran
53:00Called for a foul
53:02There's one more chance
53:05There's one more chance
53:07From Miami
53:08Frey
53:09DePaul
53:17Drives it in
53:20Acosta heads away
53:22On the day of the dead
53:29Can Nashville
53:30Exercise those
53:31Inner Miami demons
53:32My word buddy
53:33There's not
53:34A single
53:35Soul
53:36In this building
53:37Sitting down right now
53:38Miami trying to rise
53:39From the dead
53:40That looked over
53:41For most of this half
53:42Suarez
53:43Shoulder to shoulder
53:44Goal kick
53:45At least two more minutes
54:04For Joe Willis
54:05And Nashville
54:06To hang on
54:07And send the series
54:09Back to South Florida
54:10Jordy Alba
54:29Just kind of
54:30Dumped forward
54:31Palacios
54:32Back to Willis
54:34Sends it high
54:36Into the air
54:37Acosta flicks on
54:38Frey
54:40Leaves for Messi
54:41Behind Falcone
54:43Giving away
54:44Corcoran
54:49Forward
54:49Busquets
54:50Off of Busquets
54:52Last
54:53Nashville throw
54:54They will be
54:55In no hurry
54:55Well Corcoran
54:56Now sitting down
54:57Because he's cramping
54:58But you got to be
54:59Careful here
54:59Because if you go down
55:01And they call on
55:03Your training's up
55:04One it adds time
55:04Two you go
55:05Man down
55:05You would have to
55:07Come off for two minutes
55:08Screaming at Corcoran
55:09To get up
55:09And you've got to
55:11Find a way
55:11To fight through it
55:12And a reminder
55:12Nashville out of
55:14Substitution windows
55:15That's a handball
55:17Off of Bumpery
55:18Miami find Frey
55:25He's got a lot of
55:26Room on the right side
55:27Frey is going to
55:33Keep going around
55:34And Kasim and Stille
55:34And Frey
55:35Dragged down by Acosta
55:37Acosta into the book
55:38Set piece
55:39Inter Miami
55:40In what could be
55:41The final minute
55:42Of this game
55:43It has been
55:45Really difficult
55:46For Kasim
55:46Since he's come
55:47Into this game
55:48Now
55:51In swinging ball
55:53From Lionel Messi
55:54Delivered with this
55:55Rain coming down
55:56If you can
55:59Redirect this
55:59With a little bit
56:00Of pace
56:01On Joe Willis
56:02It's going to be
56:032-2
56:04Messi over it
56:08Clipping it
56:08Into the box
56:09Bunbury
56:10The defensive header
56:11Mooktard
56:12To midfield
56:13Nashville asking
56:15For the final
56:15Whistle
56:16Alan Chapman
56:17Letting play
56:17Continue
56:18Here it comes
56:21Busquets
56:22DePaul
56:23Still
56:25DePaul
56:26Knocking it in
56:27Acosta
56:28Mooktard
56:30It's over
56:32Nashville
56:34Hang on
56:35And force a
56:36Game 3
56:37Game 3
57:07A near
57:14Perfect night
57:15For Nashville
57:15Who have
57:17Snapped
57:18A 10 game
57:19Winless streak
57:20Against Inter
57:20Miami
57:21The one
57:24Lapse of
57:26Concentration
57:27At the end
57:28Allowed Lionel
57:29Messi to make
57:30This tight
57:31To make
57:32Added time
57:33Nervy
57:34But Nashville
57:37Does enough
57:38They win
57:382-1
57:39We're going
57:41Back to
57:41South Florida
57:42Next weekend
57:43What a performance
57:44From Nashville
57:45Tonight
57:45And that guy
57:46Right there
57:47Knows his group
57:48Just exercised
57:49A massive
57:50Demon
57:51That they can
57:51Actually
57:52Beat
57:53Lionel
57:54Messi
57:54And enter
57:55Miami
57:56They've
57:58They've had
57:58Great performances
57:59They just
58:01Haven't had
58:01The results
58:02In the last
58:0310 games
58:03Miami's
58:051-8
58:05Drawn 2
58:06They needed
58:07This kind
58:08Of performance
58:08In the moment
58:09Messi scores
58:10That first goal
58:11Tonight
58:11Nashville
58:12And about
58:1225,000 fans
58:14In this building
58:14Think
58:15Here we go
58:16Again
58:16So now
58:18Come Saturday
58:19Night
58:19Next week
58:20Nationals
58:20Playing with
58:21House Money
58:21Because all
58:22The pressure
58:23In the world
58:24Is going to
58:24Be on
58:25Inner Miami
58:26And Lionel
58:26Messi
58:27To not
58:28Repeat
58:29Last season
58:30In the rain
58:38In the music
58:39City
58:40As good
58:41As this
58:41Gets
58:41This league
58:43Was put
58:44On a
58:46Platform
58:47Tonight
58:47And Nashville
58:48Their fans
58:50Tip of the cap
58:52You delivered
58:52Well done
58:53This will
58:55Feel good
58:56It's a
58:57Tradition here
58:58In Nashville
58:59The end
58:59Of games
59:00Never give
59:01Up on you
59:02The serenade
59:03From the
59:04Supporters
59:05To the players
59:06And from the
59:07Players
59:07To the
59:08Supporters
59:09To the players
59:10You
59:12You
59:13You
59:14You
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