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Ikipe ya Atlanta United yatsinze Inter Miami ibitego 3-2 mu mukino wa gatatu w’urusobe rw’imikino itatu yo guhatanira itike yo gukomeza muri MLS Playoffs. Uyu mukino wabereye i Fort Lauderdale, Florida, aho impande zombi zari zasangiye intsinzi imwe kuri imwe mu mikino ibanza.
Inter Miami yasoje shampiyona ifite amanota 74 mu mikino 34 mu cyiciro cya Eastern Conference, bikayihesha igikombe cya Supporters’ Shield. Ikipe ya Miami yafunguye amazamu ku gitego cya Matias Rojas wateye ishoti rikomeye nyuma yo gukurura umupira wari uvuye kuri Brad Guzan, umunyezamu wigeze gukinira Aston Villa, ubwo yari akuye umupira kuri Lionel Messi, rutahizamu w’umunyargentine.
Atlanta yabonye ibitego bibiri mu minota ibiri gusa, byose byatsinzwe na Jamal Thiare, biyishyira imbere. Messi yaje kwishyura ku mupira yatsindishije umutwe, ariko Bartosz Slisz yatsinze igitego cya gatatu cyahaye Atlanta insinzi, nubwo ikipe ya Miami yari imaze gusaba ko umukino uhagarikwa kubera Tomas Aviles wari uri hasi ku kibuga kubera imvune.
Ukwezi gushize, Inter Miami, ifite mu bayifite David Beckham, yatoranijwe mu makipe 32 azakina imikino ya FIFA Club World Cup izaba umwaka utaha. Umuyobozi wa FIFA, Gianni Infantino, yagize ati, “Ubu Miami ni imwe mu makipe 32 akomeye ku isi, kandi ibi birabahesha uburenganzira bwo gutangira kwandika amateka yabo ku rwego mpuzamahanga.”
Mu Kuboza, Inter Miami yasinyishije rutahizamu w’Umuyurugwayi Luiz Suarez, uyu akaba agiye kongera gukinana n’abo bakinanye muri FC Barcelona barimo Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, na Jordi Alba.
Ikipe ya Atlanta yageze muri MLS Playoffs nyuma yo kurangiza ku mwanya wa cyenda mu cyiciro cya Eastern Conference, aho yatsinze Montreal kuri penaliti mu mukino wa wildcard. Ibi byahise biha Atlanta amahirwe yo guhatana na Miami mu mikino ya playoffs.
Atlanta United izahura na Orlando City mu mikino ya kimwe cya kabiri cy’amajonjora, mu gihe New York City izakina na New York Red Bulls. Iyi mikino izakinwa umukino umwe, maze ikipe izatsinda igere ku mukino wa nyuma mu gice cya Eastern Conference. Ikipe izatsinda muri Eastern Conference izahura n’ikipe yatsinze muri Western Conference mu mukino wa nyuma wa MLS Cup uteganyijwe kuba ku ya 7 Ukuboza.
Umutoza wa Miami, Gerardo Martino, yavuze ko nubwo umwaka ugizwe n’ibyiza n’ibibi, bafite agahinda kuko batabashije kugera ku ntego yabo. Yagize ati, “Uyu mwaka twari tumaze kumenyera kugera ku ntego, ariko ntitwabashije kugera ku ntego ikomeye kurusha izindi.”
Jordi Alba, myugariro wa Miami, yavuze ko uburyo bushya bwa MLS Cup bushobora kuba budatanga uburinganire busesuye, ati: “Byaba byiza iyo ikipe yatsinze Eastern Conference ihura n’iyatsinze Western Conference kugira ngo habeho umucyo mu gutsindira igikombe.”
