What does Messi's Inter Miami need to qualify for the MLS playoffs?

Inter Miami and Lionel Messi are experiencing an important moment. However, the team has a complicated task that is to try to access the MLS playoffs. Despite the fact that those from Florida managed to win the Leagues Cup, the reality is that the club has a complex task, being penultimate place in its conference.

Miami's bad moment in the MLS comes before Messi and Sergio Busquets joined the team. However, Inter Miami has already recorded eleven consecutive victories and they come from sealing an important victory against LAFC, which is one of the biggest of all and the current champion. However, even the players are aware that it will be a difficult task to reach the playoffs.

The 3-1 defeat against Los Angeles FC, MLS champion in the 2022 season, left Inter Miami in 14th position in their zone and with 25 points obtained. The last one to qualify is DC United, a franchise that currently has 33 units. There are 8 points that separate Inter Miami from DC United, but the truth is that Lionel Messi's team has two games less.

The advantage that Inter Miami has

The Florida team has one game less than their challengers. In fact, the game that has been postponed (which was not played because it was in the Leagues Cup final) is neither more nor less than against Charlotte FC, a weak franchise and a direct rival in the fight to reach the playoffs. of the Eastern Conference.