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With both stars injured, Lionel Messi was limited to a late substitute appearance while Cristiano Ronaldo did not play at all, watching on from a suite
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Result: Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
Video of Laporte’s goal
Make sure you don’t miss the best moment of this match, Aymeric Laporte’s goal from well inside his own half!
Match stats
Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
- Shots: 21 – 12
- Shots on goal: 14 – 3
- Saves: 3 – 7
- Possession: 53% – 47%
- Corners: 4 – 8
- Fouls: 14 – 14
- Yellow cards: 3 – 1
That disparity in shots on goal is really something…
When are Inter Miami in action next?
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami won’t have to wait too long to attempt to make up for today’s shambolic performance.
Their next match takes place this Sunday at 8am GMT, 3am ET, midnight PT, a friendly against the Hong Kong XI.
Tata, Busquets unhappy with referee
At full time, Sergio Busquets attempts to argue something with the referee.
Tata Martino takes his place and starts complaining about the six minutes of stoppage time. Did he want more time? Less? Who can say?
That’s really not the six he needs to be worried about…
FT: Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
The referee whistles for full time a good dozen seconds before the broadcast’s feed shows that the six minutes are up.
Running out the clock
90+5′ Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
Al Nassr are simply playing keep away at this point as stoppage time dwindles down. That suits Messi just fine, given he has a slight muscular issue to protect against.
Second-half stoppage time
90+1′ Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
Six minutes are added on to the end of the match. Six minutes left in Miami’s embarrassment.
Crowd enjoying brief Messi appearance
90′ Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
The crowd is cheering every time Messi gets on the ball, though he hasn’t been able to string together too many touches in the few minutes he’s been on here.
This is what everyone was waiting for
86′ Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
The crowd literally has not sat down yet.
Reminder: it is 6-0 in the 86th minute.
I should now specify that it’s the fans in my section behind the goal. Other, more sane fans have taken their seats.
Lionel Messi comes on as sub
83′ Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
Finally, at 82:47, the ball went out of play and Messi was announced. He walked on just before the clock struck 83:00. On a night when his team was being beat 6-0, the home Al Nassr crowd stood and chanted his name, though it sounded like some also booed.
At 83:46 with his first touches of the game he gets another ovation and nearly sets up a chance.
Messi coming on
81′ Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
With the clock showing 80:59, Messi took the pinnie off and threw it to the bench. The crowd stood. He approached midfield and the cameras came up. Whistles sounded as play continued on the field not allowing him to come into the game.
Five subs by Al Nassr
80′ Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
Al Nassr make a whole bundle of changes, bringing off hat-trick scorer Talisca in addition to several others, and replacing them with some of their younger squad members:
- Khaled Kamal replaces Otávio
- Muhammad Sahlouli replaces Talisca
- Marzouq Tambakti replaces Aymeric Laporte
- Mohammed Qasem replaces Alex Telles
- Meshari Al Nemer replaces Mohammed Maran
Miami embarrassed
78′ Al Nassr 6-0 Inter Miami
After a long review, that would be a sixth goal for Al Nassr and a Ronaldo signature celebration for the whole crowd to enjoy after.
This has been a ROUGH night for Inter Miami.
Talisca goal ruled offside
73′ Al Nassr 5-0 Inter Miami
Talisca fires the ball into the back of the net on a breakaway, momentarily giving him a hat-trick, but the flag goes up for offside.
VAR is checking the call though…
The people want Messi
72′ Al Nassr 5-0 Inter Miami
“Gotta give the people what they want,” Twellman says as Messi warms up. I don’t think the people want Messi to aggravate an injury, but hey.
Messi warming up…
69′ Al Nassr 5-0 Inter Miami
The crowd has just stood and cheered. No, not for DeAndre Yedlin and Robert Taylor entering the game, but for Lionel Messi getting up to warm up. The fans stayed on their feet as he jogged up and down the sideline and the game resumed. All eyes were in that corner of the field.
Luiz Suarez and Jordi Alba made way for the two Miami subs.
GOAL! Al Nassr add a fifth!
68′ Al Nassr 5-0 Inter Miami
Gressel fails to win a header at the back post, allowing the ball to drift over to Mohammed Maran, whose has a simple header to find the back of the net and get Al Nassr’s fifth.
Callender saves chip shot
67′ Al Nassr 4-0 Inter Miami
Mohammed Maran is played through on goal and attempts to chip Callender, forcing a reaction save from the Miami goalkeeper.
Not for the first time tonight, the world feed broadcast nearly missed the play coming back from a replay.