Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi, right, tries to shoot at the goal during the Club World Cup Group between Al Ahly and Inter Miami in Miami, Florida, Saturday, June 14, 2025 (AP Photo/John Raoux) Inter Miami and Al Ahyly played on a blank draw in the opening match of the new 32-team FIFA tournament, while Lionel Messi missed the winner 60,927 fans at the Hard Rock stadium in Miami Gardens.Messi’s curling shot from 20 yards in the last minutes was inclined to the side dish by Al Ahyly Mohamed El Shenawy and denied Miami victory.The Egyptian side had its own opportunity to take the lead when the first half of the first half was rescued by Argentine goalkeeper Oscar Ustari in Miami.El Shenawy did another major savings in the dying seconds and prevented the header Maxi Falcon as Miami pushed the victory in the meeting group.The tournament opener proved to be successful for FIFA, with a strong participation in 64,000 capacity and effective safety measures.More than 10,000 Al Ahyly supporters created an energetic atmosphere that soon came to support its team, which won the African Champions League 12 times and the Egyptian League 45 times.The match saw a lot of events despite the lack of targets, while Al Ahyly dominated the first half before Miami improved after the break.Al Ahla threatened early when Emam Ashour was cited by Ustari after he was established by a vault.Palestine International Wessam Abou Ali had a goal rejected on offside and later saw his strong shot overturned Ustari.The sentence came after Telasco Segovia fouled Zizo, but the weak point kick was saved and could not transfer the reflection.Miami showed a more attacking intention in the second half, while Messi’s 64 minutes grazing graze with the side network.“The truth is that we will leave with the feeling that we could win it in the second half. In the future we have to do what we did in the second half, we were not afraid, we got rid of any luggage we had, because when we play, we can play the IS with any team.”“It’s a game of mistakes. We had a decent amount of chances in the first half to put the game in a different space,” said Spanish coach Al Ahla Jose Riveiro, who was particularly concerned for this tournament.“It was as if we were playing in Cairo and it was a surprise for me in my first official match with Al Ahla. Being here in the states and having it as if you play at home, there is something that probably can happen in this club,” Riveiro added.Miami’s upcoming matches include Porto in Atlanta on Thursday before returning home on Monday to play Brazilian Palmeiras.The stadium operations showed a significant improvement from last year’s Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia, which experienced chaotic scenes where fans broke into the ground for delayed entry.The opening of the tournament was smoothly without any impact of the controversial immigration intervention by US President Donald Trump on a strong Hispanic community in South Florida.
