Campeones Cup

FT Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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Match Report

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Inter Miami win Campeones Cup in González's first match in charge

Lionel Messi scored the 100th goal of his Inter Miami career and Casemiro added another as Miami defeated Cruz Azul 2-0 on Wednesday night to win the Campeones Cup.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
4
51.5
Possession
48.5
17
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
368
Accurate Passes
351
429
Passes
419
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
24
Crosses
6
0.3
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
58
35
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
7
15
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
16
13
Effective Clearances
28
13
Clearances
28

Highlights

00:27 Inter Miami manager: 'It would be only fair' for Messi to win Ballon d'Or again Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

MIA leads series 1-0

Lineups

MIA · 4-3-3

  1. 97Dayne St. ClairG
  2. 37Maximiliano FalcónCD-L
  3. 5CasemiroCD-R
  4. 15Fricio CaicedoLB
  5. 4Facundo MuraRB
  6. 42Yannick BrightCM
  7. 80Matías GalarzaLM
  8. 7Rodrigo De PaulRM
  9. 9Luis SuárezF
  10. 19Germán BerterameLF
  11. 10Lionel MessiRF

Substitutes

  1. 3Sergio ReguilónSUB
  2. 56Dániel PintérSUB
  3. 76Cesar Abadia-RedaSUB
  4. 20Santiago MoralesSUB
  5. 13Luis BarrazaSUB
  6. 59Preston PlambeckSUB
  7. 2Gonzalo LujánSUB
  8. 22David AyalaSUB
  9. 88Alexander ShawSUB
  10. 16MicaelSUB
  11. 34Rocco Ríos NovoSUB

CAZ · 5-3-2

  1. 23Kevin MierG
  2. 17Amaury GarcíaCD
  3. 5Jesús OrozcoCD-L
  4. 4Willer DittaCD-R
  5. 29Rodolfo RotondiLB
  6. 16Ángel MárquezRB
  7. 6Érik LiraCM
  8. 19Carlos RodríguezCM-L
  9. 8Agustín PalavecinoCM-R
  10. 7Nicolás IbáñezCF-L
  11. 20José ParadelaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Ralph OrquinSUB
  2. 11Osinachi EbereSUB
  3. 33Gonzalo PioviSUB
  4. 18Luka RomeroSUB
  5. 55Rogelio GonzálezSUB
  6. 12Alán MontesSUB
  7. 21Gabriel FernandezSUB
  8. 30Emmanuel OchoaSUB
  9. 1Andrés GudiñoSUB
  10. 2Alan MozoSUB
  11. 10Andres MontañoSUB
  12. 3Omar CamposSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, Cruz Azul 0. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luis Suárez with a cross.
  2. 41' Matías Galarza (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Omar Campos replaces Carlos Rotondi.
  4. 45' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Gonzalo Piovi replaces Jesús Orozco.
  5. 62' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Alexander Shaw replaces Matías Galarza.
  6. 63' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Gabriel Fernández replaces Érik Lira.
  7. 63' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Alan Mozo replaces Jeremy Márquez.
  8. 66' Willer Ditta (Cruz Azul) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 70' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Micael replaces Fricio Caicedo.
  10. 70' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Sergio Reguilón replaces Germán Berterame.
  11. 73' Gabriel Fernández (Cruz Azul) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 74' Delay in match because of an injury Facundo Mura (Inter Miami CF).
  13. 74'
  14. 77' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  15. 77'
  16. 77' Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Gonzalo Luján replaces Facundo Mura because of an injury.
  17. 80' Substitution, Cruz Azul. Christian Ebere replaces Amaury García.
  18. 81' Goal! Inter Miami CF 2, Cruz Azul 0. Casemiro (Inter Miami CF) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi with a cross following a corner.
  19. 90' Alexander Shaw (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.

Campeones Cup News

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Video Gomez: Messi always turns up in the biggest moments Gomez: Messi always turns up in the biggest moments News Associated Press Messi, MLS' Garber appear to have heated exchange after Miami win Lionel Messi pointed his finger at MLS commissioner Don Garber on multiple occasions while speaking with him after Inter Miami's game with Cruz Azul on Wednesday. Video Inter Miami manager: 'It would be only fair' for Messi to win Ballon d'Or again Inter Miami manager: 'It would be only fair' for Messi to win Ballon d'Or again ESPN ESPN News Services Inter Miami win Campeones Cup in González's first match in charge Lionel Messi scored the 100th goal of his Inter Miami career and Casemiro added another as Miami defeated Cruz Azul 2-0 on Wednesday night to win the Campeones Cup.