Inter Miami opened the season with victory thanks to another master goal by Messi

Inter Miami beat Sporting Kansas City by 1 to 0, with a goal by Argentine Lionel Messi, in a game played tonight, at Children’s Mercy Park, for the first leg of the first round of the Concacaf Champions Cup 2025.

In the only goal of the match he was converted by the Argentine star Messi, into a great individual play.

With the triumph, Inter Miami got a good result as a visitor, and will define the pass to the round of 16.

The first arrival of the game took place at 8 minutes. Messi handled an attack in the middle and leaked a pass for the Uruguayan striker Luis Suárezwho was hand in hand from the edge of the area and defined opening his foot, but his shot went wide.

Seven minutes later, the Argentine goalkeeper Oscar Ustari He contained a free kick to the edge of the area, topped by midfielder Memo Rodríguez, who was Kansas’ first arrival in the game.

In 30 minutes of the game, and after combining with the midfielder Redondo FedericoMessi tried a shot from the outside of the area, which was very high.

Three minutes later he tried again Suarez, this time with a shot from the edge of the area. His shot looked for the second stick and left very close.

Already in the complement, at 10 minutes, Messi lowered a long pass from midfielder Sergio Busquets, hooked for the right leg and put a low and crossed shot, which became the only goal of the night.

Party synthesis:

Concacaf Champions Cup

First round

Sporting Kansas City – Inter Miami

Stadium: Children’s Mercy Park.

Referee: Marco Ortiz Nava.

Kansas City: John Pulskamp; Jacob Davis, Daniel Rosero, Robert Voloder, Tim Leibold; Daniel Salloi, Nemanja Radoja, Jacob Bartlett, Erik Thommy; Memo Rodriguez; They leave Joveljic. DT: Peter Vermes.

Inter Miami: Oscar Ustari; Marcelo Weigandt, Gonzalo Luján, Tomás Avilés, Noah Allen; Tadeo Allende, Federico Redondo, Sergio Busquets, Fablasco Segovia; Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez. DT: Javier Mascherano.

Goal in the second half: 10m Messi (IM).

Changes in the second half: At the beginning, Joaquín Fernández for Rosero (KC), 17m Logan Ntenbe for Leibold (KC), William Agala by M.rodríguez (KC) and Manuel García by Joveljic (KC); 28M Fabrice Picault by Allende (IM), 34m Benjamín Cremaschi by Segovia (IM); 38m Stephen Afrifa by Salloi (KC); 44m Robert Taylor for L.Suárez (IM).