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The Star
16 hours ago
- Sport
- The Star
Soccer-On brink of making history, Inter Miami to go all in against Palmeiras
Soccer Football - FIFA Club World Cup - Inter Miami CF Training - Inter Miami CF Training Centre, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. - June 22, 2025 Inter Miami CF's Marcelo Weigandt, Maximiliano Falcon and Lionel Messi during training REUTERS/Hannah Mckay MIAMI (Reuters) -Inter Miami have no intention to play for a draw when they face Palmeiras in their final Group A game at the Club World Cup on Sunday, a result that would send both teams into the knockout stages. It would be a massive achievement for Inter Miami, who beat Porto and drew against Al Ahly in their first two games. Palmeiras are top of the group on four points, ahead of Miami on goal difference with Porto and Al Ahly both on one point. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT All four teams can still qualify for the last 16 but only Miami and Palmeiras have their fate in their hands. Palmeiras need a draw to qualify top of the group. The group winners will face the second-placed team in Group B, currently led by Botafogo with six points while Champions League winners Paris St Germain are second on three points. KEY QUOTES: Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano: "We're facing possibly one of the most important games in the history of our club. Above all, let that fill us with enthusiasm to be able to play it, let it not be a burden, not a burden, but an excitement and a challenge for this group of players who are also doing well up until now. "It would be a big mistake if we went into it thinking about not playing it and only about the result. I think that when you think about the result and don't go into it, certain things can happen during the game that make it very difficult to get back into the game. In the end, our idea is to go and win the game like we've always done, like every time we go into a game, whether it's in the Club World Cup, MLS, the Champions League, or any other competition we're involved in." (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Chris Reese)
Al Jazeera
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Al Jazeera
Miami play out six-goal nail-biter with San Jose in Messi's Bay Area debut
Tadeo Allende scored twice and Inter Miami tied the San Jose Earthquakes 3-3 in Lionel Messi's first game in the Bay Area since joining MLS. Allende scored once in the first half and then tied the game in the 52nd minute on Wednesday night when he tapped in a pass Baltasar Rodríguez on a play that Messi helped set up. Maximiliano Falcon also scored for Miami, which has allowed at least three goals in three of the last four games. Cristian Arango, Beau Leroux and Ian Harkes scored for the Earthquakes, who are unbeaten in their last three games. Messi had a chance late for the game-winner but was stopped from in close in stoppage time in the second half by Daniel De Sousa Britto. Messi's debut here was played in front of a sellout crowd of 18,000 with fans lined up hours before the game for the opportunity to see the Miami star in person. His entire Bay Area stay was turned into a multiday event with a block party held on Tuesday night and fans gathering outside of Miami's team hotel excited just to get a wave from the balcony by Messi. Messi had a few good opportunities in the first half, barely missing wide left after getting a pass in the box in transition and then missing wide again on a free kick from just outside the box in the closing seconds of the half. The game got off to an exciting start with Miami scoring about 35 seconds into the game following a corner kick when Falcon headed in a crosser from Jordi Alba. The Earthquakes quickly responded in the third minute with Arango converting on a pass from Cristian Espinoza about 2:05 into the game, marking just the fifth time in MLS history that both teams scored in the first three minutes of a game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The teams traded goals later in the half with Leroux giving San Jose the lead in the 37th minute and Allende answering about seven minutes later. The Earthquakes took a 3-2 lead at the half when Harkes scored with a left-footed shot from outside the box on an assist from Leroux in injury time.
CTV News
30-04-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Whitecaps look to finish off Inter Miami in Champions Cup semifinal
Vancouver Whitecaps' Emmanuel Sabbi (top) kicks the ball past Inter Miami's Maximiliano Falcon during the second half of a CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal soccer match, in Vancouver, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Morris
