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Inter Miami CF

2 — 0 Sep 17, 2026 · 05:30 AM IST

Cruz Azul

Campeones Cup · Round 1

Venue Nu Stadium, Miami, Florida

Referee Keylor Herrera

Attendance 26,495

Player of the Match Lionel Messi 8.7 90' played

Match Events

24' Home ⚽ Lionel Messi — 1-0

HT

46' Away ↔ Gonzalo Piovi → Jesús Orozco

46' Away ↔ Omar Campos → Carlos Rodolfo Rotondi

62' Home ↔ Alexander Shaw → Matías Galarza ↗

63' Away ↔ Gabriel Fernández → Érik Lira

63' Away ↔ Alan Mozo → Jeremy Márquez

70' Home ↔ Micael → Fricio Caicedo

70' Home ↔ Sergio Reguilón → Germán Berterame

77' Home ↔ Gonzalo Luján → Facundo Mura

80' Away ↔ Christian Ebere → Amaury García

81' Home ⚽ Casemiro — 2-0

FT

Match Stats

48 52

Ball possession

1.21 0.63

Expected goals (xG)

7 17

Total shots

3 4

Shots on target

13 18

Touches in opposition box

3 0

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

351 (84%) 368 (86%)

Accurate passes

2 2

Yellow cards

4 6

Corners

Lineups

Inter Miami CF (4-3-3)

Starting XI

97 Dayne St. Clair 7.8

4 Facundo Mura 7.1

5 Casemiro 8.2

37 Maximiliano Falcón 7.3

15 Fricio Caicedo 6.7

7 Rodrigo De Paul 7.6

42 Yannick Bright 7.3

80 Matías Galarza ↗ 6.7

10 Lionel Messi 8.7

9 Luis Suárez 8.1

19 Germán Berterame 7.2

Substitutes

88 Alexander Shaw 6.4

16 Micael

3 Sergio Reguilón 6.2

2 Gonzalo Luján 6

13 Luis Barraza

34 Rocco Ríos Novo

76 Ezequiel Abadia-Reda

22 David Ayala

59 Preston Plambeck

56 Dániel Pintér

20 Santiago Morales

Cruz Azul (5-3-2)

Starting XI

23 Kevin Mier 5.4

4 Willer Ditta 6.5

17 Amaury García 6.5

5 Jesús Orozco 6.3

16 Jeremy Márquez 7.3

29 Carlos Rodolfo Rotondi 6

8 Agustín Palavecino ↗ 6.3

6 Érik Lira 7.1

19 Carlos Rodríguez 6.6

20 José Paradela 6.6

7 Nicolás Ibánez 6.6

Substitutes

33 Gonzalo Piovi 6.9

3 Omar Campos 6.3

2 Alan Mozo 6.2

21 Gabriel Fernández 6.2

11 Christian Ebere 6.2

1 Andrés Gudiño

30 Emmanuel Ochoa

12 Alán Montes

15 Ralph Orquin

55 Rogelio González

10 Andrés Montaño

18 Luka Romero