4: 0 already at halftime
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Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain has his former striker Lionel Messi and his club Inter Miami CF in the round of 16 of the Club World Championship attached a crashing defeat. The French prevailed 4-0 (4: 0) on Sunday evening in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium of Atlanta and thus confirmed as possible quarter-final opponents of FC Bayern. The Munich team compete against Flamengo Rio de Janeiro in the evening (10 p.m.).
PSG took the lead after six minutes by midfielder João Neves. The Portuguese made a small preliminary decision after 39 minutes with its second goal, which converted into a clear thing before the half -time break. An own goal of Miami defender Tomás Avilés, who had come for the injured Noah all after 19 minutes, and ex-Dortmund Achraf Hakimi ensured the clear victory of the co-favorite.
It is open whether Messi’s last appearance was against a European team. His contract at Inter expires at the end of the year. The now 38-year-old switched from Paris Saint-Germain to Miami in the summer of 2023 and has often emphasized how little he had felt on his his. In front of 39,000 fans in Atlanta, he was unable to pay his former employer in terms of sport. 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 pace dribbles. After that, Messi even tried it by head (80th) from around 12 meters. Shortly before the end, he shot the ball into the PSG wall from about 18 meters from about 18 meters.
In the first half, Inter could be falled far. Messi and the 38 -year -old Luis Suárez 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 Inter had more played along. And now Messi also worked more. Again and again the ball landed at the eight -time world footballer, but at least an honor goal should no longer succeed. The out of Miami at the Club World Cup had long since been sealed. Inter had secured participation as the best team of the 2024 regular team in the US Profiliga Major League Soccer.