We will have the playing XIs soon from Fort Lauderdale, Florida where Inter Miami take on Vancouver.
We will have the playing XIs soon from Fort Lauderdale, Florida where Inter Miami take on Vancouver.
Fans in India can watch the live stream of the Inter Miami vs Vancouver CONCACAF Champions Cup Match on FanCode app and website.
Well, the anthems are done and pre-match duties done, and we will have the kick-off up and running.
Inter Miami, who know they are 0-2 down in the leg, are pressing high up the pitch but that won't bother the Whitecaps. A long way to go. Just FYI - away goals is in play and if Whitecaps score, they will progress on away goal rule.
Whitecaps are having much of the ball in the start and Inter Miami won't mind that. The Herons will look to go on the counter and score with Messi and Suarez up front.
Jordi Alba, the swashbuckling left-back, who loves making forward runs, has scored from the left-hand side to give Inter Miami the one-nil lead. The Herons are now 1-2 in the aggregate score.
Wow! What an opportunity to kill off the tie as Whitecaps' Emmanuel Sabbi misses a golden chance as his shot hits the bar. A let-off for Inter Miami.
Brian White, the MLS player of the season, gets a chance to score but hits straight at the Inter Miami goalie. End to end stuff this game.
Lionel Messi has shown us why he is human, with the former Barca attacker fluffing his lines after he was nicely set-up by Luis Suarez but Messi hits up in the stands. The fans, commentators, none cannot believe that!
40' Vancouver's defence has done well to deny Messi the space that the legend needs to get a goal. Vancouver still lead 2-1 on aggregate as the first half moves quickly towards its conclusion.
Half-Time!
There is the whistle and players head back to the dressing room for the break. It is 1-0 currently in the favour of Inter Miami thanks to an early strike by Jordi Alba. However, Vancouver Whitecaps are still leading 2-1 on aggregate. Can Inter Miami bounce back or will the Whitecaps just bury the game with another goal? Join after half-time to know.
We are back after the break. Remember, Inter Miami lead 1-0 tonight but are trailing 2-1 on aggregate score.
51' GOAL!!!
There comes the goal for Vancouver. The Whitecaps level scores. Brian White with the goal and he just made into the box and that has costed Inter Miami. The Whitecaps now leading 3-1 on aggregate.
53' GOAL!!!
Unbelievable scenes. Two goals in two minutes for Vancouver and now they lead 4-1 on aggregate. The game seems done and dusted. Inter Miami fans have been left shell shocked.
71' GOAL!!!
We are getting a sensational end in Miami. Vancouver get their third goal and any hopes of Messi, his team and his fans of making a come back are effectively over now. Berhalter, after those two assists, gets his name on the scoresheet as a goal-scorer and the Whitecaps have made the gap wider, a four-goal gap now between the two teams. Surely, Vancouver can see themselves in final already.
Full-time!!!
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have both been shown the exit door and they are out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Another tough night for the Herons and they lose 1-3 to Vancouver Whitecaps who go into the final with 5-1 aggregate win.
Inter Miami ruled the first half but in the second half, Vancouver Whitecaps just blew them away. Miami came into the game on a two-goal deficit and Jordi Alba's ninth minute strike cut Vancouver's lead to one. However, after half-time White scored in 51st minute and then just a minute later Vite got a goal too. To wrap things up, Berhalter scored the third goal for Vancouver and Miami lost the game 5-1 on aggregate.
Vancouver Whitecaps will now wait for the result of Pumas UANL vs Cruz Arul semifinal which is stuck at 1-1 after the first leg.
That will be it for today. We will be there with the second semifinal tomorrow. So do tune in. Thank you for following us.