Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez played 90 minutes in Javier Mascherano's team. The next commitment of the Miami team will be Thursday against Porto.
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Inter Miami and the Egyptian Ahly tied to zero this Saturday at the opening of the New FIFA Club World Cup, despite the efforts of the local star, Lionel Messi, who crashed a ball in the stick to seconds of the end.
The Argentine revolutionized his team after a disappointing first part and turned on the almost 61,000 viewers of the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, who ended up enjoying a good show despite the lack of goals.
The beginning of the game was a monologue from Al Ahly. The Egyptians, animated by their numerous fans in the stands, suffocated the locals, little accustomed to such a high pace in the North American MLS.
To each loss of Inter, the rival responded with fast transitions in search of its strikers, the Palestinian Wessam Abou Ali and the Egyptian Trezeguet, a headache for the local defense.
After a well canceled goal outside the game to Ali, the Egyptians continued to press. In another good offensive, the midfielder Emam Ashour received on the left wing, dribbled a rival and stood in front of the goalkeeper Óscar Ustari, who stopped his shot.
The Inter barely generated occasions, Messi did not touch the ball and the fans was off, like the team.
The first occasion of the Floridano team came in the 26th minute, a distant shot from the right side Ian Fray, which passed the rival goal.
A great Ustari
Al Ahly did not shrink and continued his harassment, but collided with an Ustari gigantic.
The Argentine goalkeeper first stopped a header from the central Yasser Ibrahim in the 31st minute.
And he showed again after stopping a penalty launched by Trezeguet after a naive offense committed by Fablasco Segovia in the area.
Meanwhile, the Achraf Dari visitor central made Hard Rock Stadium tremble when he kicked Messi in the knee. The captain twisted in pain and sat on the grass for a time that seemed eternal before rising, Renqueante.
The incident had the merit of awakening Inter and also his hobby.
Shortly after, in the added time of the first part, the locals had their best occasion when Ali cleared in the goal line a poisoned center by Luis Suarez.
The break was beneficial for the players of Javier Mascherano.
“We knew that he was going to be a strong rival, like any African team. The nerves and anxiety played a bad pass in the first half,” said the Argentine coach after the meeting.
His players returned to the court with another attitude and the change was noticed immediately. In the 50th minute, Tadeo Allende was missing a clear occasion with a shot at the Bocajarro stopped by the Egyptian goalkeeper Mohamed el Shanawy.
And Messi began to be Messi. The Argentine, off so far, became a nightmare for Al Ahly.
In 56 ′ he first threw on the door and three minutes later left Marcelo Weigandt alone against Shaenawy, but the side erred the shot.
On the back of his captain, Inter revived and put Al Ahly against the ropes.
A foul thrown by Messi, again, touched the stick of the rival goal. And a Center of the Rosario, well topped by striker Fafa Picault forced El Shaenawy to make a great stop.
The Egyptian goalkeeper was aggigant in the last moments of the party. He diverted a shot with Messi's thread in the added time and stopped a stub from Maximiliano Falcón that seemed goal.
This first result leaves open the options of both teams in Group A.
On Thursday, Inter Miami will measure Porto in Atlanta, while Al Ahly and Palmeiras will face in New York.
For FIFA, which feared for a few days that the meeting this Saturday was played in a half -empty stadium, the opening was a success that only lacked the goal.
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