Inter Miami were thumped 5-2 by Atlanta United in Major League Soccer on Saturday evening, with Lionel Messi notably absent.
Without Messi, Inter were on the end of something approaching a hiding. The Argentina legend had inspired a run of 12 games unbeaten, and they looked like extending that when Leonardo Campana opened the scoring with a superb finish after 25 minutes, but Inter went into half time 3-1 down thanks to goals from Tristan Muyumba and Brooks Lennon, as well as an own goal from Kamal Miller.
Campana did give the Herons some hope by scoring a second after half-time, but Giorgos Giakoumakis and Tyler Wolff snuffed out any hopes of a comeback.
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