Javier Mascherano lamented his Inter Miami side’s inability to focus at key times as their miserable run of form continued with a 3-3 draw at the San Jose Earthquakes.
Having dragged the game back to 2-2, Miami conceded again four minutes into first-half stoppage time, meaning they had to play catch-up.
Lionel Messi was instrumental in two of Miami’s goals but was kept off the scoresheet.
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“It was a difficult game for us,” said Mascherano, whose team have won just one of their last six games. “So at the end, if you can score and you put the game in your way, you have to try to live some moments and try to keep calm. This is something that we have to learn because against Dallas the other day, at the end of the first half against Minnesota, we concede the second goal.
“So it is something that all the time we are making the same mistakes. So it’s impossible. It’s impossible if we have to fight for important things. So at the end, as a team, we need to make a step forward and to learn from this.”
Miami went ahead inside 34 seconds through Maxi Falcon only for goalkeeper Oscar Ustari to cough up an equaliser to Chico Arango 91 seconds later.
Beau Leroux put San Jose ahead after 37 minutes but Tadeo Allende brought Miami level – tapping home a Messi cross – and it looked as thought the game would be tied at the half. Instead, Miami conceded again with Ian Harkes firing in from 20 yards.
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Allende levelled matters 10 minutes into the second half and Messi almost won it in the dying seconds but could not beat San Jose goalkeeper Daniel from close range.
Masherano added: “I think it’s about making individual mistakes. We need to know how to live every single moment into the game because you start [out] winning. Then we concede two goals.
“We level the score again five minutes to go to half-time. We need to [be] more mature, to live and to know how to suffer some moments.
“We need to keep with the positive things. I think the team was fighting until the end, trying to score, trying to win the game and this is the way in terms of spirit. Then, we have to improve a lot because you cannot concede the goals that we concede today.”
