MLS

Inter Miami CF vs Real Salt Lake, 2024 MLS, Regular Season

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Inter Miami CF
  • 39': Robert Taylor
  • 83': Diego Gómez
FT
2 - 0
Real Salt Lake

    Messi steers Inter Miami past Salt Lake in MLS season opener

    Lionel Messi helped set up both goals and Inter Miami survived extended second-half pressure from Real Salt Lake to earn a 2-0 victory in Major League Soccer's season opener on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 5': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Andrés Gómez.
    • 6': Foul by Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake).
    • 6': Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Hand ball by Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF).
    • 9': Foul by Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake).
    • 9': Julian Gressel (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 12': Foul by Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake).
    • 14': Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 14': Foul by Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF).
    • 15': Foul by Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake).
    • 15': Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 17': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 17': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Justen Glad.
    • 17': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Zac MacMath.
    • 20': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Robert Taylor.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Suárez.
    • 21': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Jordi Alba is caught offside.
    • 22': Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 22': Foul by Julian Gressel (Inter Miami CF).
    • 23': Attempt saved. Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 23': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Zac MacMath.
    • 26': Foul by Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake).
    • 26': Robert Taylor (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Nelson Palacio (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 30': Delay in match because of an injury Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake).
    • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 32': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Brayan Vera.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Jordi Alba (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a corner.
    • 36': Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 36': Foul by Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF).
    • 39': Goal! Inter Miami CF 1, Real Salt Lake 0. Robert Taylor (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
    • 40': Braian Ojeda (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF).
    • 41': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Luis Suárez is caught offside.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Robert Taylor (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Diego Gómez.
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Ruiz.
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 45': Delay in match because of an injury Andrew Brody (Real Salt Lake).
    • 45'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 45'+3': Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+3': Foul by Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF).
    • 45'+5': Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+5': Foul by Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF).
    • 45'+6': Attempt missed. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Ruiz.
    • 45'+6': First Half ends, Inter Miami CF 1, Real Salt Lake 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Inter Miami CF 1, Real Salt Lake 0.
    • 48': Delay in match because of an injury Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake).
    • 48': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 48': Foul by Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake).
    • 48': Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
    • 50': Attempt blocked. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 50': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Sergii Kryvtsov.
    • 53': Attempt missed. Julian Gressel (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Diego Luna.
    • 55': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Tomás Avilés.
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 57': Andrés Gómez (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 57': Foul by Jordi Alba (Inter Miami CF).
    • 58': Foul by Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake).
    • 58': Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Julian Gressel (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
    • 59': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Brayan Vera.
    • 60': Attempt missed. Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Robert Taylor with a cross following a corner.
    • 60': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Sergio Busquets is caught offside.
    • 62': Offside, Real Salt Lake. Andrés Gómez is caught offside.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Andrew Brody (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pablo Ruiz.
    • 66': Foul by Cristian Arango (Real Salt Lake).
    • 66': Sergii Kryvtsov (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Fidel Barajas replaces Nelson Palacio.
    • 66': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio replaces Andrés Gómez.
    • 67': Hand ball by Julian Gressel (Inter Miami CF).
    • 67': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Robert Taylor is caught offside.
    • 68': Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 68': Foul by Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF).
    • 68': Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 71': Attempt missed. Diego Luna (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Andrew Brody.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Anderson Julio (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Arango.
    • 71': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Sergii Kryvtsov.
    • 72': Attempt saved. Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Ruiz with a cross.
    • 72': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by Drake Callender.
    • 73': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Noel Caliskan replaces Diego Luna.
    • 75': Corner, Real Salt Lake. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
    • 76': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. David Ruíz replaces Robert Taylor.
    • 77': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Noah Allen replaces Tomás Avilés.
    • 77': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Jean Mota replaces Julian Gressel.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Ruiz with a cross.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 82': Attempt missed. Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cristian Arango.
    • 82': Delay in match because of an injury David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF).
    • 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Goal! Inter Miami CF 2, Real Salt Lake 0. Diego Gómez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Suárez following a fast break.
    • 84': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Lawson Sunderland replaces Sergio Busquets.
    • 86': Attempt saved. Luis Suárez (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Gómez.
    • 86': Delay in match (Inter Miami CF).
    • 86': Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Bode Hidalgo replaces Cristian Arango.
    • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lawson Sunderland.
    • 90': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Leonardo Campana replaces Luis Suárez.
    • 90'+1': Emeka Eneli (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Jordi Alba (Inter Miami CF).
    • 90'+2': Foul by Lawson Sunderland (Inter Miami CF).
    • 90'+2': Noel Caliskan (Real Salt Lake) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Pablo Ruiz (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bode Hidalgo.
    • 90'+4': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Leonardo Campana is caught offside.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Inter Miami CF 2, Real Salt Lake 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Inter Miami CF 2, Real Salt Lake 0.

    Statistics

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    8 Fouls 12
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 5
    5 Corner Kicks 6
    5 Saves 2
    44.9 Possession 55.1
    17 SHOTS 15
    2 ON GOAL 8
    0.1 On Target % 0.5
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    366 Accurate Passes 458
    437 Passes 547
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 2
    10 Crosses 6
    0.4 Cross % 0.3
    44 Long Balls 48
    21 Accurate Long Balls 25
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    7 Blocked Shots 3
    4 Effective Tackles 13
    9 Tackles 20
    0.4 Tackle % 0.7
    13 Interceptions 17
    14 Effective Clearances 17
    14 Clearances 17

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: Chase Stadium
    Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
    Attendance: 21,137

    Line-Ups

    MIA Inter Miami CF (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Drake Callender (GK)
    27 Serhiy Kryvtsov
    6 Tomás Avilés
    18 Jordi Alba
    2 DeAndre Yedlin
    5 Sergio Busquets
    20 Diego Gómez Yellow Card
    24 Julian Gressel
    9 Luis Suárez
    16 Robert Taylor
    10 Lionel Messi
    Inter Miami CF Substitutes:
    Leonardo Campana, Lawson Sunderland, David Ruiz, Noah Allen, Jean Mota, Ryan Sailor, Israel Boatwright, Carlos Dos Santos, Shanyder Borgelin.

    RSL Real Salt Lake (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    18 Zac MacMath (GK)
    4 Brayan Vera
    15 Justen Glad
    2 Andrew Brody
    14 Emeka Eneli
    7 Pablo Ruiz Yellow Card
    13 Nelson Palacio
    6 Braian Ojeda
    9 Cristian Arango
    8 Diego Luna
    11 Andres Gomez
    Real Salt Lake Substitutes:
    Gavin Beavers, Noel Caliskan, Marcelo Silva, Bode Hidalgo, Fidel Barajas, Maikel Chang, Anderson Julio, Bryan Oviedo, Erik Holt.

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