Inter Miami vs Porto: FIFA Club World Cup – team news, start time, lineups

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Who: Inter Miami vs Porto
What: FIFA Club World Cup
Where: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, United States
When: Thursday, June 19 – 15:00 EDT section clip | 12:00 PST | 19:00 GMT | 21:00 CEST

How to travel our coverage: We’ll person each the build-up from 11pm (16:00 GMT) connected Al Jazeera Sport.

Inter Miami and Porto some play their 2nd lucifer of the FIFA Club World Cup successful Florida connected Thursday, successful what is efficaciously a must-not-lose lucifer for the pair.

Both took a constituent from their opening lucifer successful Group A, but a decision successful the 2nd circular of matches would heap unit connected the losing side’s last fixture successful the group.

Al Jazeera Sport takes a look astatine a crippled that could beryllium a immense measurement guardant for Inter Miami, spearheaded by Lionel Messi, oregon two-time Champions League winners, Porto.

What happened successful Inter Miami and Porto’s Club World Cup opening games?

Inter Miami, 1 of the big nation’s representatives, opened the tourney with a 0-0 draw astatine their location stadium against Al Ahly connected Saturday.

The Egyptian giants, the astir palmy nine successful satellite football, dominated the archetypal fractional but held connected successful the 2nd arsenic Messi and Co recovered their footing astatine the Hard Rock Stadium.

Miami had goalkeeper Oscar Ustari to convey for redeeming a punishment from Al Ahly guardant Trezeguet conscionable earlier half-time.

A changeable from Inter Miami CF guardant Lionel Messi (10) hits the station during the 2nd fractional against Al Ahly FC during a radical signifier lucifer of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

Porto were pushed each the mode by Brazilian nine Palmeiras arsenic they excessively returned a 0-0 gully successful the lucifer played astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford – the New Jersey venue that volition big some the Club World Cup and FIFA 2026 World Cup finals.

Palmeiras had 17 shots with 5 connected target, compared to Porto’s 11, of which the keeper was lone tested connected 5 occasions.

How did Inter Miami suffice for the Club World Cup?

Miami’s qualification was not without controversy. The Floridian nine recorded the astir points successful Major League Soccer’s (MLS) regular season, handing them a spot astatine the Club World Cup alternatively of LA Galaxy, who won the MLS Cup, which is regarded arsenic the highest prize successful the MLS.

FIFA announced Miami’s summation to the Club World Cup successful October aft they secured the MLS grounds with a 6-2 triumph implicit New England Revolution to scope 74 points – 1 amended than the erstwhile grounds acceptable by New England successful 2021.

FIFA Club World Cup - Inter Miami's Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez during grooming

How does Porto suffice for the Club World Cup?

Porto qualified for the Club World Cup via the UEFA ranking pathway pursuing their beardown Champions League performances betwixt 2021 and 2024.

The 30-time Portuguese league champions won the European Cup successful 1987, arsenic it was past named, and the Champions League successful 2004.

The Benfica-based nine finished 11 points disconnected champions Sporting Lisbon successful this season’s Portuguese home league.

What is Porto’s instrumentality connected Inter Miami?

“I watched the lucifer betwixt Miami and Al Ahly. I saw that they are 2 precise pugnacious opponents with a batch of intensity,” Porto’s Argentinean defender, Alan Varela, said.

Commenting connected his chap countryman, Messi, the 23-year-old added: “Inter person the champion subordinate successful the world, truthful we’re going to effort to play and combat until the end, conscionable similar we did [against Palmeiras] and conscionable similar the nine demands.

“The radical is wide open, determination is simply a agelong mode to go. There are inactive 2 matches, truthful we’re going to effort to get the triumph successful each.”

Porto goalkeeper Claudio Ramos (14) blocks a changeable connected extremity from the country during the archetypal fractional against SE Palmeiras during a radical signifier lucifer of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

What is David Beckham’s relation astatine Inter Miami?

Former England planetary Beckham is simply a co-owner of Miami. The erstwhile Manchester United and Real Madrid midfielder had a clause successful his Major League Soccer contract, during his spell arsenic a subordinate with LA Galaxy, that offered him the accidental to bargain a aboriginal MLS franchise. Beckham took up the accidental to bargain a $25m involvement successful the franchise, which would go Inter Miami, successful 2014.

The Miami-based franchise yet debuted successful 2020 and is besides co-owned by American concern magnates, Jorge and Jose Mas, though Beckham is precise overmuch the figurehead of the club.

Head-to-head

This is the archetypal gathering betwixt the MLS franchise and the Portuguese giants.

Inter Miami squad news

Inter Miami person nary quality injuries to study up of the lucifer against Porto, and are expected to sanction the aforesaid starting lineup arsenic they did successful the archetypal fixture.

Porto squad news

Porto’s stand-in goalkeeper, Claudio Ramos, volition commencement successful betwixt the sticks erstwhile again pursuing his cardinal show that frustrated Palmeiras successful their opening match.

Ramos is presently deputising for Porto’s injured captain, Diogo Costa, arsenic the Portuguese broadside are besides expected to sanction an unchanged side.