Group A’s wait for a first Club World Cup goal could end today as Inter Miami face Porto in their second group stage tie at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Lionel Messi’s side were held to a goalless draw by Al Ahly in the tournament’s curtain-raiser as both goalkeepers starred, pulling off some remarkable saves to preserve the deadlock.
Porto had a similarly dull opener as neither they nor Palmeiras managed to find the back of the net in their opener at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, though Chelsea wonderkid Willian Estevao was among the most threatening players on the pitch.
Porto goalkeeper Claudio Ramos made a remarkable double save in the first half to preserve the clean sheet, and could again play a starring role tonight.
Surprisingly, it is just a second meeting between Messi and Porto, and comes 14 years on from the first, when Barcelona downed the Portuguese giants 2-0 in the 2011 UEFA Super Cup. The little magician scored the opener and assisted the second that day, a performance he will hope to replicate tonight in Atlanta.
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