The presence of Lionel Messi brought a lot of crowd to the Hard Rock Stadium for the FIFA Club World Cup operator, but it wasn’t enough to win Inter Miami victory because they intervened from Miami on Saturday, June 14, but that was about Inter Miami.
Due to the presence of an Argentine superstar, almost 60,927 fans were almost fulfilled by a 65,000 stadium, which would have rejected the concerns that the curtains of the enhanced club championship would first show the attractiveness of the tournament. Despite the presence of strong household support, it was not Inter Miami who got a quick start.
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Al-Ahly had two big chances at the beginning, but he wasted before Miami goalkeeper Oscar Ustari saved the apeguba a poorly acquired punishment after Zizo wrapped in the Telasco Segovia box. Messi threatened briefly, but Inter Miami felt lucky that they were not behind at the end of the half.
Miami would then switch the gear after the break when they began to create chances and left the African giants on the back leg. Messi came closest to help Miami break the blocking when his free kick from 25 yards kissed the column and side network, so many of them believe it was the target.
With six minutes, Messi has provided a perfect cross of Fafa Picault, but his head was tilted across the bar by Muhammad Elshenawy. Goalkeeper Al-Ahly came to rescue his party in the last moments of the game when he saved the curling shot from Messi and leaned into the bar.
Inter Miami will now face FC Porto on Thursday in Atlanta, while al-ahly will accept Palmeiras in New York.
Published on:
June 15, 2025
