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MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA – JUNE 14: Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami CF reacts during the FIFA Club … More World Cup 2025 group A match between Al Ahly FC and Internacional CF Miami at Hard Rock Stadium on June 14, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Carmen Mandato – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) FIFA via Getty Images Inter Miami CF and Lionel Messi walked off the Hard Rock Stadium pitch with a scoreless draw, albeit an entertaining one, against Al Ahly in the opening match of the FIFA Club World Cup on Saturday night. In many ways, the result had to feel like a loss to the Major League Soccer team because Miami and Lionel Messi were playing only 30 miles down the road from their home field, Chase Stadium, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Both teams recorded one point each, avoiding a dreaded loss in the first game of a three-match group stage series. Many teams that lose their first game are halfway out the door of the tournament. In a short series, it is difficult to pick up lost points, especially against quality opposition in the FIFA Club World Cup. It should be noted that Messi, who has won three earlier and smaller editions of this competition with Barcelona (2009, 2011, 2015), has never been on a team that has been eliminated in the group stage of a major FIFA tournament. Messi also was a key member of the Argentina side that captured the 2022 World Cup. MIAMI GARDENS, FL – JUNE 14: Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami CF in action during the FIFA Club World … More Cup Group A game between Al Ahly FC v Inter Miami CF at the Hard Rock Stadium on June 14, 2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by VCG/VCG…

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