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Lionel Messi of Inter Miami inspires the brilliant half of the opening of the Club World Cup, but Egypt to maintain for 0-0.
Lionel Messi led a strong resurgence in the second half of Inter Miami in a surprisingly exciting 0-0 draw with Al Ahly in group A to open the FIFA Club World Cup in Florida.
The Argentinian striker, just like the rest of his teammates, had a calm first half at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Saturday.
The Egyptian giants al Ahly dominated the room and the chances in the first 45 minutes, but were refused many times by Inter Keeper Oscar Ustari.
It appeared that the efforts of 39 years were going to be in vain to take the break, when Trezaguet got up the place in the 43rd minute, but Ustari was again equal to the Al Ahly threat.
The second period was a considerably improved performance by the team of Major League Soccer, and ended with Messi beating a long -range effort of the bar.
Al Ahly Mohamed El Shenawy’s goalkeeper managed to pass the fingertips on Messi’s late curler.
The cork had to be just as alert in the resulting corner – deeply in the stoppage – to deny the header of Maximiliano Falcon.
It was his opposite number, Ustari, who kept his team in the break at the break, leading the director of Inter Javier Mascherano to reflect that his team was “alive” only thanks to their goalkeeper.
Wessam Abou Ali and Emam Ashour were both refused by chances closely, but the big moment came after Zizo cut the box before being cut from behind by Telasco Segovia.
The former Premier League player with Aston Villa, Trezeguet, went from the place and sent his kick to his left – the goalkeeper guessed correctly and was saving.
“I am satisfied with the performance. It was much better in the second half,” continued Mascherano in conversation with the Dazn diffuser after the full -time whistle.
“During the first period, we lost bullets and transitions, where they are very dangerous.
“We dominated the second half and had the chance to win the match.”
Inter’s first great chance of interusing only a few minutes after the break, when Tadeo Allende was refused with an equally stuffy backup of the goalkeeper of Al Ahly El Shenawy, as had been seen by his opposite number at the start of the room.
The possession and pressure had clearly passed to the local team, which looked on one side very different from the projection in the first 45 minutes.
Messi struck the side net with a free kick, and was a constant thorn in the side of the Egyptians, which, with 155 trophies, are the most successful team in the world.
It was late in the match, however, that a short corner taken by Messi was returned to him on the right and he whispered a shot at the distant post, only for the goalkeeper to work on the bar and more.
Home recovery was even more impressive given the extraordinary participation of Egyptian fans, who were heard from start to finish.
Their team, however, could not do the same with its performance on the field.
“This is not what was wrong. We had a decent amount of chances in the first half to put the game in a different space. We could not,” Al Ahly manager, Jose Riviera, told Dazn after the match.
“In the second half, we had a time when we suffered, but a lot of positive points and things to correct to do better next time.
“It seems that we were playing in Cairo. It was a big surprise for me in my first game. I hope that next time, we can give them a victory. ”
The group’s second game is played on Sunday between Palmeiras du Brazil and Porto from Portugal.
Interpreted in front of Porto, while Al Ahly faces Palmeiras during the next series of lights on Thursday.
