In the friendly match on the evening of February 1 in Saudi Arabia, playing at home, Al Nassr entered the match with great confidence and attacked from the very first minutes. In the 3rd minute, Otavio opened the score for Al Nassr with a classy finish.
Al Nassr easily scored 6 goals against Inter Miami (Photo: EFE).
In the 10th minute, Talisca scored after a beautiful pass with his teammates. Al Nassr easily led Inter Miami 2-0 despite not having superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in the squad.
In the 12th minute, Laporte made his mark. The Spanish midfielder took advantage of the Inter Miami goalkeeper's high position to increase the score to 3-0 for the Saudi Arabian team with a technical lob.
Leading by 3 goals in the first half, Al Nassr continued to play brilliantly in the second half and completely dominated. Inter Miami almost only defended when Luis Suarez could not make a difference and Lionel Messi sat on the bench.
Talisca was the star of the match, scoring two more goals in the 51st and 73rd minutes, completing his hat-trick. Maran also left his mark with a goal in the 68th minute.
Messi could not help Inter Miami get an honorary goal (Photo: EFE).
Messi only came on in the 83rd minute but by then Inter Miami had already conceded six goals and were demoralised. The Argentine star's efforts could not make a difference and Al Nassr won 6-0 in the friendly in Saudi Arabia.
This was an extremely impressive victory for the Saudi Arabian club despite the absence of their number one star Cristiano Ronaldo. Inter Miami continued their disappointing streak of friendly matches, drawing one match and losing three.
Line-up
Al Nassr : Ospina (Waleed Ali 32'), Al Boushail, Al Amri (Al Fatil 60'), Laporte (Tambakti 81'), Telles (Al Nakhli 80'), Brozovic, Al Sulayhim (Ali Al Hassan 60'), Talisca (Sahlouli 81'), Al Aliwah, Otavio (Al Hamoush 81'), Marran (Al Nemer 80')
Goals: Otavio (3'), Talisca (10', 51'-pen, 73'), Laporte (12'), Marran (68')
Inter Miami : Callender, Gressel, Aviles, Krivtsov, Allen, Jordi Alba (Yedlin 69'), Gregore, Busquets, Ochoa (Sunderland 84'), Campana (Messi 83'), Suarez (Robert Taylor 70')
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