A magistral free kick by Leo Messi, from Zurda to the squad, with music, promoted Inter Miami in the 2025 Club World Cup, one step away from the round of 16, after tracing 2-1 a Portuguese portuguese in defense in defense and without reaction capacity in a match in which the Argentine star imposed.
Five days after 38 years old, Messi continues to give football lessons on the game. Eternal Leo, by playing Inter Miami, designing every danger action with a privileged vision to which Luis Suarez no longer accompanies him at his speed. In the absence of partners, the Argentine was enough to knock down a disappointing Porto.
It was 1:45 of a game and an action returned to the memory of any football fan, so many other connections of the past.
As if time had not happened. Messi is going down, puts her from left -hand to space, where Jordi Alba appeared so many times, this substitute, to get her left by Zurda Luis Suárez. The imagination, the precision in the soft touch behind the back of the defense. The shortcut from Claudio Ramos.
It was a statement of intentions. In Atlanta he was going to play what I wanted to read. He started giving a ‘masterclass’. Inventing assists that in other times of Suárez would have ended on the network. Uruguayan weighs age. Lacking speed despite continuing to see, as a scorer until the last of his days, the space to appear and the area where to generate danger.
He was an Inter Miami monologue until the first appearance of Porto ended on penalty. One of those actions punished from the video barbitraje that a collegiate does not consider a lack of live. Noah Allen, with the tip of the boot, hit João Mario’s career.
Then Samu assumed the responsibility and, despite the fact that Ustari guessed the side, the power of the hit maintained his full success in maximum penalties. Its goal 26 of the course. A powerful 9 marked at 7 minutes.
In the field there was a player who, despite his age, 18, assumed the quality pulse with Messi. It is Rodrigo Mora and each party leaves gestures full of quality. One of those different players who have already demolished the door of the elite prematurely. A great control, a heel to invent an occasion of Samu, waste personality every time he comes into contact with the ball.
In his boots there was an action that could change the course. Before Messi responded. Everything oscillated around his figure, without a narrow marking of any rival, enjoying his freedom of movements. Dry dribbling and passes to the movements of their classmates. The speed on the outside Allende and Segovia, the appearance of the Creamchi space. Inter Miami punished the error in the end.
He forgave a more Luis Suarez, with everything to score, in the race, after an error at the beginning of Marcano’s play ended with Messi’s perfect pass. The hand in hand with the goalkeeper culminated him with a shot to the body. No confidence in the definition. Demonstrating that his current profile is not that of the 9 that asks Messi’s assistant vision.
The Porto took a step back to reduce suffering. Sinned conformism. He forgot to attack, the backlash did not explode that brought out the defensive deficiencies of the Mascherano team.
In isolated actions he could check it. When Samu asked for a penalty, grabbed at the time of finishing a service from the right of João Mário. Before Rodrigo Mora key action. After threats and with a right -hand shot that he took under Palos Falcon.
That unexpected rebirth of Porto could give him the game at times of tiredness of the rival. Samu, exhibiting power in a solo action, ran into the rival goalkeeper of Zurda. The post repelled a great shot from outside the Alan Varela area.
Messi the Eternal
Suddenly, everything changed in the second part. The Porto got rid of after two blows received in seven minutes. The first as soon as the game is resumed.
After a quality gesture of Sergio Busquets, under the command of the game, turning and launching an action that ended in center from the right of Marcelo Weigandt and a powerful cluster of Fablasco Segovia punishing Portuguese defensive passivity. Bomb the networks at 47 minutes.
Without time to react, Messi was shot down to the edge of the area and did not miss the opportunity. The hit with left -handed silk glove at the top of the angle of the Lusitano pottero. The 54 minutes ran and the madness unleashed in a stadium dressed in his shirt. A new chapter of a legend that continues to win games.
He had to propose to Porto and lacked qualities. He even suffered when Inter Miami, well folded, interpreting well what the game asked for, looked for him in counterattacks. Portuguese attempts went desperately, without spaces to run. The only time William Gomes did it, he ran into the rapid output of Ustari.
And so the game died, between Samu attempts that they did not find a door, and two occasions to make the wound of the Haitian Picault and a chopped ball of the Goat Messi that would have been the icing on the first triumph of Inter Miami that caresses the eighths and full of doubts to the Porto.
On the last date of the Group «A» of the Club World Cup, Inter Miami will face the Brazilian Palmeiras, on Monday, June 23, at 9 pm et, at the Hard Rock Stadium (Miami, FL). Both teams are leaders with 4 points in the table.
In another comparison of this decisive day, the Porto de Portugal will see the faces with Al Ahly FC of Egypt. Both squads have just 1 point and have lower positions to advance to the next stage of the FIFA tournament.
Remember that all 2025 Club World Cup matches can be seen for free on the Dazn platform, both in Spanish and English.
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Thus they aligned
– Inter Miami (2): Oscar Ustari; Marcelo Weigandt (Tomás Aviles, M.63), Maximiliano Falcón, Ian Fray (Fafa Picault, m.79), Noah Allen; Sergio Busquets, Benjamin Cremaschi, Tadeo Allende (Jordi Alba, m.79), Telasco Segovia (Federico Redondo, m.71); Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.
– DT: Javier Mascherano.
– Porto (1): Claudio Ramos; Martim Fernandes (Borges, m.59), Zé Pedro, Iván Marcano (Gul, m.87); João Mario, Fábio Vieira, Alan Varela (William Gomes, m.74), Francisco Moura (Otavio, m.87); Gabri Veiga (Eustaquio, M.59), Rodrigo Mora and Samu Aghehowa.
– DT: Martín Anselmi.
– Goals: 0-1, m.8: Samu. 1-1, m.47: Segovia. 2-1, m.54: Messi.
– Referee: Cristián Garay (Chile). No cards.
– Incidents: Match corresponding to the second day of the group played at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
(With Roberto Morales report)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-svgJCBP0VK
