Inter Miami 2-1 Porto: Aghehowa gives Porto lead from spot; Segovia levels for Inter Miami before Messi curls in free-kick
Game played in Atlanta
Inter Miami and Porto both drew opening games
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What an effort that is. Porto midfielder Alan Varela takes aim from 20 yards or so and smashes a shot against the Miami post.
The ball rebounds out and almost goes in off the back of Oscar Ustari, who reacts smartly to stop it creeping over the line.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Don Hutchison
Ex-Scotland midfielder on DAZN
Image source, Getty ImagesThat is one of Samu Aghehowa strengths. Get your head down and take players on.
He has the strength to shove a defender off and get a shot on target.
That's good centre forward play.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Porto striker Samu Aghehowa goes on a bustling run down the left. He brushes past Ian Fray but his shot is saved by Miami keeper Oscar Ustari.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Lionel Messi tries to beat three players on the edge of the Porto area. He gets past a couple before the ball is whipped away off his toes.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Don Hutchison
Ex-Scotland midfielder on DAZN
There was a clear shirt pull on Rodrigo Mora
This will be interesting if VAR get involved in the shirt pull.
Credit to Mora, he stayed on his feet and got his shot away.
A wiser player, like Luis Suarez woudl have made sure to hit the deck and get a penalty.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Image source, ReutersBig chance for Porto. Samu Aghehowa with the neat flick and Rodrigo Mora's effort is headed off the line by Maximiliano Falcon.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Don Hutchison
Ex-Scotland midfielder on DAZN
Fabio Viera has that left foot where it favours him to hit the target. Former Arsenal man, of course. He would have fancied that from that distance.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
On-loan Arsenal midfielder has a pop from 20 yards out for Porto but he gets under that and it is never threatening the Inter Miami goal.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Don Hutchison
Ex-Scotland midfielder on DAZN
Image source, Getty ImagesLuis Suarez as the ball came into him, he pulled out of taking a strike.
He lets it go to his team-mate [Benjamin Cremaschi].
If Suarez had that move back again, he would be the one to take the shot.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Classy from Luis Suarez, who beats a couple of players in the middle of the park and then plays the ball wide.
As the ball comes back in the Uruguayan elects to dummy the ball to his teammate Benjamin Cremaschi but the American drags his effort and it is easily saved by Porto keeper Claudio Ramos.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Inter Miami right-back Marcelo Weigandt slices the ball clear.
He is on loan from Boca Juniors and then appears to be holding back Samu Aghehowa as the ball gets whipped back into the penalty area.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Don Hutchison
Ex-Scotland midfielder on DAZN
Image source, Getty ImagesSamu Aghehowa is an all-action number nine who thrives on the service.
When he sees number tens and midfielders taking their time as a frontman, that can be frustrating.
Porto, at times, like to play at walking pace.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
It's a bit slow and a bit ponderous but Porto are just keeping the ball at present and there is not a huge amount the MLS side can do about it.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Lionel Messi comes deep and tries to set off another Inter Miami attack, this time though there is very little movement ahead of him.Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami CF reacts
Image source, Getty ImagesInter Miami 0-1 Porto
Inter Miami have made a decent fist of things since going a goal behind. You do have to wonder just how much pressure they can put on Porto the longer this game wears on, given the ageing legs of their star players.
Inter Miami 0-1 Porto
Don Hutchison
Ex-Scotland midfielder on DAZN
Lionel Messi, by far, has been the best player.
He made sure to pass that ball to Luis Suarez before he ran offside.
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Watching how many times Lionel Messi has split their defence open, I really wish he had stayed in Europe. Suarez though? He’s finished.
Anon
Image source, Getty ImagesInter Miami 0-1 Porto
Lionel Messi has been the best player by a country mile so far. He drives down the middle of the pitch and just as it looks as though he is about to be caught he plays in Luis Suarez.
Porto keeper Claudio Ramos is out quickly though and blocks Suarez's attempt to dink the ball over him.
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All that’s wrong with VAR with that penalty. Why in football can we not sort out our rules. You can rugby tackle opponents pretty much from set-pieces, but you breathe on someone and it’s a penalty. Different rules, for different areas of the box. Nonsense.
Al
Image source, Getty ImagesInter Miami 0-1 Porto
Inter Miami midfielder Benjamín Cremaschi gets into a promising position down the right but then completely shanks his cross out of play. Woeful from the US international.
Lionel Messi has scored 754 times across all competitions during his senior domestic career
Lionel Messi scored his 50th goal for Inter Miami as they came from behind to beat Porto for their first win at the Fifa Club World Cup.
Porto took the lead after just eight minutes when Samu Aghehowa squeezed a penalty under the arm of goalkeeper Oscar Ustari.
Martin Anselmi's side could have been further clear by half-time but Francesco Moura saw a shot cleared off the line and Alan Varela struck the post.
Telasco Segovia sparked the Inter Miami comeback when powering Marcelo Weigandt's cut-back into the top corner.
Messi then sealed the MLS franchise's maiden victory in the competition with a trademark free-kick over the wall and out of reach for a sprawling Claudio Ramos.
The 37-year-old fired wide from a set-piece further out just a few moments prior but, when presented with another opportunity centrally and from the edge of the D, he executed perfectly to score his 68th goal from a direct free-kick.
Messi's decision to join Inter Miami in July 2023 led to some criticism that he was leaving Europe too soon.
He was fresh from 21 goals in 41 games for Paris St-Germain in 2022-23 and moving to MLS, where the level of competition is not that of Europe's big five leagues.
However, Messi, who has scored 50 goals in 61 appearances for Inter Miami, showed the world he still has plenty left in the tank to dazzle the crowds when up against strong European opposition.
Messi's sixth goal in the competition means he is joint-second on the Club World Cup all-time goalscorers list - level with Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema - and just one shy of leader Cristiano Ronaldo (7).
Sergio Busquets might be just a month shy of his 37th birthday but he remains a hugely influential player in the middle third.
The three-time Club World Cup winner put in a domineering performance against midfielders more than 10 years his junior.
Only team-mate Benjamin Cremaschi (5) made more successful tackles than Busquets (3), while Porto's Fabio Vieira (80) was the only player to attempt more than his 74 passes.
Busquets also ended the game with a 94.5% pass completion rate.
Messi continued his fine goalscoring record in the Fifa Club World Cup, having now scored six times in seven appearances.
The Argentina international registered on five occasions for Barcelona, including one in each of the three finals he played in - winning the competition in 2009, 2011 and 2015.
The final round of fixtures in Group A all kick-off at the same time (02:00 BST) on Tuesday.
Second-placed Inter Miami take on group leaders Palmeiras, in Florida, while Porto travel to New Jersey to face Egyptian side Al Ahly.
A draw will be enough to send Inter Miami and Palmeiras, who both have four points, through to the last 16.
Porto have just one point to their name and can only reach the knockout phase if they win and one of the teams in the other match loses.
After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 Palmeiras | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
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2 Inter Miami | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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3 Porto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
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4 Al Ahly | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
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2 Botafogo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
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4 Seattle Sounders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
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2 Benfica | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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3 Boca Juniors | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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4 Auckland City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 Flamengo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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3 Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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4 ES Tunis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 River Plate | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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2 Monterrey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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4 Urawa Reds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 Mamelodi Sundowns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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3 Fluminense | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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4 Ulsan HD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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3 Wydad Casablanca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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4 Al Ain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 0 |
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| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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1 Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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3 Al Hilal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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4 Pachuca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
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Manager: Javier Mascherano
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