Inter Miami edge past Chicago Fire in Robert Lewandowski's MLS debut

[p]Uruguayan veteran [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/suarez-luis/fV4fAvB8/"]Suarez[/a] captained [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter-miami/0AheRyBg/"]Miami[/a] with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/messi-lionel/vgOOdZbd/"]Messi[/a] and fellow Argentine [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-paul-rodrigo/AZ6TTjDC/"]Rodrigo de Paul[/a] missing four days after Argentina lost 1-0 to Spain in the World Cup final.[/p][p]The 37-year-old Poland striker [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lewandowski-robert/MVC8zHZD/"]Lewandowski[/a] was making his MLS debut having signed from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/barcelona/SKbpVP5K/"]Barcelona[/a] after they were crowned Spanish champions.[/p][p]"[b]After just two days with my new team, I didn't expect everything to work perfectly in my first game[/b]," said Lewandowski, who started for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-fire/UwAwNo2E/"]Chicago[/a] and played 63 minutes.[/p][p]"[b]I also need a bit more time, and I'm sure that next time we'll play with fewer mistakes than today in defense.[/b][/p][p]"[b]If we defend better, we can win this match next time,[/b]" added Lewandowski, a prolific goalscorer who also starred for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern Munich[/a] from 2014-2022 and has more than 700 goals for club and country.[/p][p]It was 20-year-old Plambeck, a product of Miami's youth system, who emerged as the unlikely hero, coming off the bench [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/chicago-fire-UwAwNo2E/inter-miami-0AheRyBg/?mid=bsVr5MS9"]to score the 87th-minute winner[/a].[/p][p]Lewandowski had an attempt blocked in the 14th minute, but the Fire got on the board four minutes later through a calamitous own goal.[/p][embed guid="0e738fa2-a58d-4898-8a4f-5b90d4bb787f" url="https://x.com/MLS/status/2080105634725274008?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Miami goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rios-rocco-novo/W41c1nFo/"]Rocco Rios Novo[/a], starting in place of Canada World Cup keeper Dayne St. Clair, took a swing at a routine pass back from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fray-ian/CSNYauv4/"]Ian Fray[/a] only to miss and see the ball roll into the net.[/p][p]Suarez levelled from the penalty spot in the 27th minute and put Miami ahead in the 51st, firing home after being set-up by a brilliant backheel from German Berterame.[/p][p]Chicago's South African [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dithejane-puso/j7xVIm1h/"]Puso Dithejane[/a] made it 2-2 in the 67th minute only for Plambeck to have the final say by volleying home the rebound for his first Miami goal after goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brady-chris/n79WXocj/"]Chris Brady[/a] had parried Suarez's close-range shot.[/p][p]The victory left Miami second in the Eastern Conference with 34 points, five behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nashville-sc/84yIDQMe/"]Nashville[/a], and coach Guillermo Hoyos said there was no rush for Messi and De Paul to return.[/p][p]"[b]A World Cup is something immense, and there's physical and mental wear and tear, and they deserve their space[/b]," he said.[/p][p]"[b]We'll be waiting for them whenever they can come back and are in the right condition to be here[/b]."[/p]