Lionel Messi with Inter Miami will play against his former team, Paris Saint-Germain.
Messi is going to play against the reigning Champions League winners. After drawing 2-2 against Palmeiras in their last group stage match, Inter Miami will play PSG on Sunday.
With Paris Saint-Germain, Lionel Messi won two league titles and a Trophée des Champions during his two years with the club.
Tadeo Allende scored for Inter in their 2-2 draw against Palmeiras in the Club World Cup.
Allende got his first goal in the Club World Cup as Inter Miami got a point and are in the next round of the tournament. With the score at 0-0, Allende ran half of the pitch off a counter attack and would score to give Inter Miami the 1-0 lead.
Inter Miami would play well in the second half with both teams creating chances. Luis Suárez would score one of the best goals of the Club World Cup to give Inter Miami the 2-0 lead before being substituted out.
Palmeiras would score two goals to come back and make it 2-2 to top the group. Inter Miami finish second in their group and qualify for the next round of the tournament.
Lionel Messi will play his old team, Paris Saint-Germain in the next round.
Atletico Madrid have been eliminated from the Club World Cup as Botafogo and Paris Saint-Germain advance.
Diego Simeone’s team, which consists of six Argentina players have been eliminated. Despite their 1-0 win against Botafogo, it was a 4-0 loss against Atletico Madrid which brought Atletico’s goal difference to -1 as they, Botafogo and PSG each finished on six points. Scoring four goals,
No Argentine player scored a goal for Atletico in the Club World Cup.
The last set of fixtures of the group stages at the Club World Cup begins on Monday with Lionel Messi, Inter Miami and Atletico Madrid all aiming for qualification.
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are in second place in Group A and they will play first place team Palmeiras. A draw would qualify both teams but a win for Inter Miami would take them top of the group.
Messi scored a free kick for Inter Miami in their 2-1 win against FC Porto. There are nine Argentine players with Inter Miami.
In the same group, Alan Varela, Nehuén Pérez and Tomás Pérez with FC Porto play Al Ahly. Both teams are on one point each.
Atletico Madrid have six Argentine players and they play first place team Botafogo. Atletico Madrid are tied on three points with Paris Saint-Germain but the reigning Champions League winners won 4-0 against Diego Simeone’s team and also have a five goal difference in their favor.
Pedro de la Vega and Seattle Sounders play Paris Saint-Germain in their last match.
Ángel Di María leads the Club World Cup with three goals and 13 Argentine players have scored at the tournament.
Di María along with Jamal Musiala, Michael Olise and Kenan Yıldız each have three goals at the Club World Cup. Di María had one goal in Benfica’s opening match against Boca Juniors and two goals against Auckland City.
Lautaro Martínez is the second Argentine with the most goals, having scored in each of Inter’s matches. The first in a 1-1 draw against Monterrey and the second in a 2-1 win against Urawa Red Diamonds.
Ten Argentine players each scored one goal. Enzo Fernández, Rodrigo Battaglia, Nicolás Otamedi, Facundo Colidio, Sebastián Driussi and Maxi Meza each had one goal in the first round of matches.
Lionel Messi scored a free kick for Inter Miami, José Manuel López had a goal for Palmeiras, Valentín Carboni for Inter and Juan Pablo Freytes for Fluminense in their last matches. Claudio Echeverri is the latest Argentine to score when he scored a free kick goal for Manchester City in their 6-0 win against Al Ain.
