In the round of 16 of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, Inter Miami is the only representative of the host US remaining. However, coach Mascherano and his students are expected to face many difficulties when their opponent PSG (Ligue 1 and Champions League champions) is too strong. Before the match, the Opta website conducted 1,000 match simulations and rated PSG with a winning rate of 80.3%, while Inter Miami's winning probability is only 16.8%.
Notably, after outstanding matches in the group stage, Messi continued to start and became the only hope of Inter Miami. This is a very special match for the Argentine superstar as it is the first time he meets PSG again since leaving in 2023. Although the task is not simple, fans still have high expectations for Messi and hope that he will create difficulties for his old club.
Messi (left) played outstandingly on the day he met his old team again.
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In fact, Messi had an outstanding match against PSG, with Sofascore giving him 7.6 points, the highest in Inter Miami's squad. The player born in 1987 was locked down but kept moving, trying to help Inter Miami develop the ball. Messi played the full 90 minutes and made 48 passes - the highest in Inter Miami's squad. The accuracy of Messi's passes was also up to 90%. Not only that, Messi also had 2 passes that opened up clear scoring opportunities for his teammates. Unfortunately, Inter Miami's strikers could not take advantage of them and were powerless to penetrate PSG's net for the entire 90 minutes.
On the opposite side, PSG deployed a beautiful attacking style of play. The French team deployed an annoying pressing style of play, "suffocating" Inter Miami from the beginning of the match. Coach Luis Enrique's students held the ball for nearly 70% of the time, took 20 shots, half of which were on target. In the first half, the Champions League champion scored 4 goals against Inter Miami. Central midfielder João Neves played outstandingly, scoring a double in the 6th and 36th minutes. Meanwhile, the remaining 2 goals of PSG were scored by Achraf Hakimi and an own goal by Tomás Avilés of Inter Miami.
In the second half, PSG made many adjustments in the lineup but still dominated the game. However, PSG's strikers wasted their chances and the score of 4-0 was maintained until the end of the match.
PSG is still a very strong team at the moment
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Bayern Munich vs PSG in the quarter-finals
In the match that followed, Bayern Munich also had no difficulty defeating Brazilian representative Flamengo 4-2. The “Gray Tigers” became the 4th team to enter the quarterfinals and their opponent was PSG.
Harry Kane continues to excel with a brace against Flamengo
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After just 6 minutes, Bayern Munich took a 1-0 lead thanks to an own goal by Erick Pulgar. After that, the German representative continued to show overwhelming attacking style, with 2 more goals from Harry Kane (9th minute) and Leon Goretzka (41st minute) before the end of the first half. In between Bayern Munich's goals, Flamengo also found a goal to reduce the score to 1-3 thanks to Gerson.
In the second half, Bayern Munich played slowly, giving the game to their opponents. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Flamengo scored a goal to reduce the score to 2-3 in the 55th minute. However, Harry Kane quickly extinguished Flamengo's hopes when he shined, scoring in the 73rd minute, sealing a 4-2 victory for Bayern Munich.
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