Lionel Messi will line up in opposition to a former crew for the primary time ever as Inter Miami tackle Paris Saint-Germain in Atlanta within the final 16 of the Club World Cup.
In one of the crucial eye-catching knockout fixtures on the tournaments thus far, Messi – who turned 38 just some days in the past – meets the membership for whom he made greater than 50 appearances in what was a largely sad stint for the Argentine between 2021 and 2023.
However, the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner continues to supply performances that belie his age – the latest being a stunning free-kick he scored in opposition to FC Porto within the group stage.
Despite the potential for some extra Messi magic, Miami will begin the match very a lot as underdogs.
Recently-crowned champions of Europe, PSG are arguably the perfect crew on the planet proper now, and supervisor Luis Enrique will probably be buoyed by the return of ahead Ousmane Dembele for the conflict on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The France worldwide suffered a quad harm taking part in for his nation within the Nations League however just lately returned to coaching and is match sufficient to make the bench.
Read on to see how the 2 groups line-up for this intriguing contest.
The build-up begins now. Vamos Miami 👊
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— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) June 29, 2025
Paris Saint-Germain crew information
The large crew information from the PSG camp is the return of Dembele to the squad. He can solely make the bench whereas Bradley Barcola, who is available in for Senny Mayulu, completes a lethal entrance trio that additionally consists of Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
A formidable midfield of Fabian Ruiz, Vitinha and Joao Neves sits behind them, with the again 4 marshalled by captain Marquinhos.
Starting XI: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Mendes, Ruiz, Vitinha, Neves, Kvaratskhelia, Doue, Barcola
Subs: Beraldo, Dembele, Hernandez, Kamara, Lee Kang-In, Mayulu, Mbaye, Ramos, Safonov, Arnau Tenas, Zaire-Emery
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— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) June 29, 2025
Inter Miami crew information
There had been some pre-match hypothesis that skilled full-back Jordi Alba might miss out for Miami however supervisor Javier Mascherano has named the previous Barcelona participant within the beginning crew.
Alba joins three different ex-Barca stars in Mascherano’s line-up, with Messi, Luis Suarez and Sergio Busquets all beginning.
PSG followers gained’t simply neglect the well-known 6-1 victory on the Camp Nou in 2017 that noticed the Catalan membership overturn a four-goal deficit within the second leg of the Champions League Round of 16.
Messi and Suarez each discovered the web that day, whereas Mascherano featured and Alba was on the bench. The Barcelona boss again then? Luis Enrique.
Starting XI: Ustari, Alba, Falcon, Allen, Weigandt, Allende, Redondo, Busquets, Segovia, Messi, Suarez
Subs: Rios Novo, Yarbrough Sailor, Martinez, Aviles, Cremaschi, Rodriguez, Morales, Picault, Afonso, Obando
Este es nuestro 1️⃣1️⃣ vs PSG 🫡
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— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) June 29, 2025
