Al Ahly vs Miami 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Group Stage

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Messi denied late as Miami held by Al Ahly to open Club World Cup

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami were held to a scoreless draw against Egypt's Al Ahly in the opening game of the Club World Cup on Saturday night.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
14': Substitution, Al Ahly. Zizo replaces Emam Ashour because of an injury.
25': Tomás Avilés (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Penalty saved. Trézéguet (Al Ahly) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by Óscar Ustari (Inter Miami CF).
45'+4': First Half ends, Al Ahly 0, Inter Miami CF 0.
45': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Marcelo Weigandt replaces Tomás Avilés.
45': Second Half begins Al Ahly 0, Inter Miami CF 0.
65': Substitution, Al Ahly. Hussein El Shahat replaces Mohamed Ben Romdhane.
65': Substitution, Al Ahly. Taher Mohamed replaces Trézéguet.
73': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Benjamín Cremaschi replaces Telasco Segovia.
79': Substitution, Al Ahly. Nejc Gradisar replaces Wessam Abou Ali.
79': Substitution, Al Ahly. Mohamed Magdi Kafsha replaces Zizo.
81': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Fafà Picault replaces Tadeo Allende.
86': Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Marwan Attia (Al Ahly) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+2': Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
90'+9': Second Half ends, Al Ahly 0, Inter Miami CF 0.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA Club World Cup

Venue: Hard Rock Stadium
Location: Miami Gardens, Florida, USA
Attendance: 60,927

FIFA Club World Cup Standings

TEAM	GP	GD
Al Ahly	1	1
Inter Miami CF	1	1
FC Porto	0	0
Palmeiras	0	0

Full Table

Statistics

MIA		AHL
10	Fouls	11
4	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
10	Corner Kicks	4
8	Saves	5
55.3	Possession	44.7
14	SHOTS	11
6	ON GOAL	8
0.4	On Target %	0.7
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
429	Accurate Passes	351
490	Passes	396
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
5	Accurate Crosses	3
16	Crosses	13
0.3	Cross %	0.2
39	Long Balls	39
22	Accurate Long Balls	25
0.6	Long Balls %	0.6
3	Blocked Shots	0
13	Effective Tackles	13
19	Tackles	23
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
6	Interceptions	8
15	Effective Clearances	28
15	Clearances	28

Line-Ups

Al Ahly (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Mohamed El Shenawy (GK)
6	Yasser Ibrahim
15	Achraf Dari
36	Ahmed Koka
30	Mohamed Hany
7	Trézéguet
13	Marwan Attia
22	Emam Ashour
5	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane
8	Hamdy Fathy
9	Wessam Abou Ali

Substitutes:

Karim El Debes, Hussein El Shahat, Mostafa El Aash, Khaled Abdelfattah, Omar Kamal, Achraf Bencharki, Ahmed Reda, Mostafa Shobeir, Yahia Attiyat Allah, Ahmed Ramadan, Taher Mohamed, Nejc Gradisar, Aliou Dieng, Mohamed Magdy, Zizo.

Inter Miami CF (4-4-2)

No.	Name
19	Oscar Ustari (GK)
37	Maximiliano Falcón
6	Tomás Avilés
32	Noah Allen
17	Ian Fray
5	Sergio Busquets
55	Federico Redondo
8	Telasco Segovia
21	Tadeo Allende
9	Luis Suárez
10	Lionel Messi

Substitutes:

Ryan Sailor, Rocco Ríos Novo, Marcelo Weigandt, Fafà Picault, William Yarbrough, Allen Obando, Baltasar Gallego, Leo Afonso, Benjamin Cremaschi, Santiago Morales.