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He Toronto FC continues to face difficult situations at the start of the MLS 2023 season. Those led by Bob Bradley found themselves wanting to add a win after three rounds, in which they always had the advantage on the scoreboard, but they couldn’t maintain it. For the duel of this Saturday, March 18, the Canadians will have significant losses at various points of the field.
Badge, the hardest loss
In the middle of the week, it was revealed that Lorenzo Insigne will miss up to a month of activity, after relapsing from his groin injury, the Toronto FC attack will therefore have to go on without him. The Italian star went all pre-season without missing a single matchday, but on matchday one he left half an hour before the engagement against DC United and that’s when the nightmare began.
Likewise, the attacker Adama Diomande and defender Shane O’Neill will also be absent face Inter Miami. On the other hand, those who doubt are defender Themi Antonoglou and striker Ayo Akinola.
TFC earrings
In the Toronto FC dressing room, they know there are things to improve. At a press conference, the strategist Bob Bradley stressed that players need to improve when it comes to making decisions at key times.
“There are small details to simply do things well as a team, which makes them faster, which is what we’re trying to point out. We were pretty good at getting up and going around the box on occasion, but I don’t think we were as smart as we could be. It can be a pass, it can be time for a run, that option can be to get more players in the zone. All of these things need to be improved“said the TFC strategist.
“Games usually have periods where you maybe have a little more possession, others where it drops a little. In the second half of last week, the first five minutes where we were well advanced, they struggled to get past the midfield. And then for the next 10 minutes, not much happened but a series of set pieces, a series of fouls, caused the game to be on our side, it was choppy, we didn’t never managed to get a good option.“, he condemned.
Inter Miami, a tough rival for Toronto FC
Inter Miami just lost 1-0 to NYC FC away, before that they had beaten the Philadelphia Union and Montreal FC, both 2-0 at home. For Saturday’s commitment against Toronto FC, those led by Phil Neville will not be able to count on their captain and star Gregore de Magalhães da Silva, while the Mexican Rodolfo Pizarro should start.
In the history between these teams, Inter Miami have five wins and only one loss against Toronto FC in regular season games. The only time the Canadians won was in the 2020 season, 2-1 at Rentschler Field.
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