Club World Cup
Paris Saint-Germain showed at least a little grace at least for a half with Lionel Messi. The French Champions League winner won the round of 16 of the Club World Cup against Inter Miami 4-0 on Sunday, with the final score in front of 39,000 fans in Atlanta. The Parisians now meet in the quarter -finals either on Bayern Munich or Flamengo Rio de Janeiro.
It is open whether Messi’s last appearance was against a European team. His contract with Inter Miami expires at the end of the year. The now 38-year-old changed from Paris Saint-Germain to Miami in the summer of 2023 and has often emphasized how little he had felt on the Seine from August 2021 and July 2023.
In terms of sport, the Argentinian could not pay his ex-employer. It was only in the 63rd minute that he checked Gianluigi Donnarumma in the PSG goal for the first time after one of his very rare dribbling. After that, Messi even tried it by head (80th) from around twelve meters. Shortly before the end, he shot the ball from a cheap free kick position from about 18 meters into the PSG wall.
Miami overwhelmed in half one
After two goals by Joao Neves (6th, 39th), an own goal of Tomas Aviles (44.) and a goal Achraf Hakimi (45.+3) was after two goals. Hope and hopelessly back with 0: 4
In the first half, Inter could be falled far. Messi and 38-year-old Luis Suarez should somehow judge at the front. Once together, such as Miami’s trainer Javier Mascherano, at FC Barcelona under the current PSG coach Luis Enrique, the two offensive forces remained ineffective. In the initially extremely one -sided game, the Parisians could have managed even higher. After the change of sides, PSG Miami had more played along. Nevertheless, a goal was not scored.
