Sunday afternoon World Cup cladding of the club saw a reunion between Paris Saint-Germain and Lionel Messi while the Ligue 1 Giants went into battle against Inter Miami.
The fact that the MLS side in the knockout phase in the event was in the event was in itself a surprise, and their participation was largely due to their Talisman captain after his amazing free kick against Porto won the game.
A large CWC victory was expected
The tournament had already seen a good part of big victories, and pre-game seemed to center all chatter so as not to center or win PSG, but how much they would win.
Certainly, the European champions had already undoubtedly demonstrated in 2024/25 that they were a force to take into account, while Miami had not really succeeded in building a steam head.
Messi and Suarez won the Champions League with Luis Enrique at the helm of course of course, the last time this Barcelona held that specific trophy up, so the Argentinian will have been aware of exactly which type of game PSG would bring the party.
Pattern quickly came forward after the kick -off
The strangest kick-offs saw PSG starting the ball directly from the game for a target kick, and if the idea behind it was to win territory, it didn't work when Oscar Ustari brought it back from where it came.
Within two minutes a pattern had already emerged, with a compact 4-4-2 formation being kept against PSG's Free 4-3-3.
The beautiful run of Kvicha Kvaratskhelia deserved the box a finish to match, although Ustari was long while the ball was square for Bradley Barcola.
Vitinha's Ball Recoveries vs Inter Miamiopta perform by statistics
Shortly thereafter, a free kick for a mistake on Desire Doue found an unmarked Joao Neves on the back post, and his header gave PSG their dream start. Even with 85 minutes left on the clock, it would be a long way back for Messi and Co.
By 10 minutes of play, the huge gap in quality was self -evident.
Miami could not only get out of their half for long periods, but they had given up the possession of 76.1% and played only 35 accurate passes compared to 122 of the French giants.
Identy Noah Allen with Hamstring -Spanning
Seven of the Miami players had built up 100% perfect passing records, although that was not difficult in view of the small number of passes, where PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma didn't even touch the ball.
Fabian Ruiz seemed to have set up PSG 2-0 after the quarter, but was brought offside, while the one-sided nature of the game continued.
Noah Allen, who had made the most passes of the MLS side (11), saw his game end up early with a hamstring injury, and his replacement, Tomas Aviles, received a yellow card within a minute after his introduction.
PSG Shot Chart vs Inter Miamiopta perform by statistics
It would take 25 minutes for Miami to push deep into PSG territory, and not only their chance came to nothing, but with so many players Luis enrique's side could break in pace.
Achraf Hakimi (five details in the opposition box), Barcola (four), Nuno Mendes, Doue and Kvaratskhelia continued to play with their opponents and still only had the only goal to show for their efforts.
Miami imperious were light and won every main duel, but on the floor they were not a party for a team that defeated the gears.
Two fast goals kill the game like a match
Some filthy play periods followed before Neves slid his second home after a bad defensive error, the first time the Portuguese have scored a brace in his PSG career.
The next contribution from Aviles was his own goal in the 44th minute in a match to forget for him and for Miami, who then let another Van Hakimi injured in the first half.
Ashamed was that Miami had no shot on or out of the whistle and had not even touched the ball in PSG's box. In total they had only had four details in the last third part of the field.
Is it a miracle that the CWC did not caught the imagination as much as FIFA had hoped if you have such statistics in games between teams that, so clearly, do not match?!
The Barcelona -Connection paid dividends for almost three minutes in the second half, when a cross of Jordi Alba was noticed by Messi the path of Luis Suarez, although the touch of El Pistolero abandoned him at the crucial moment.
It was a short break when PSG again dominated every facet of playing.
Perhaps the only 'victory' inter were in the first hour that Sergio Busquets' 100% pass accuracy, the Spaniard who demonstrated that he lost his quality, even if it was all in vain.
Miami had shadows chase
The joy with which PSG struck the ball simply left Miami, and when the MLS side succeeded in breaking ahead – which was not often – the French side was as skilled as they attacked.
Eight interceptions were more than the outfit of Javier Mascherano, and 10 tackles won during the opening 60 minutes was the main reason why Inter did not come in an attacking sentence.
PSG vs Inter Miami Momentumopta perform by statistics
Ousmane Dembele's first minutes came into the CWC when Neves was immersed at 61, and, as expected, it took him a while to adapt to the game, since he had not played about 29 days earlier since the final of the Champions League.
Messi soon shot a presentable shot on goal – the first of Inter, while the 16 shots of PSG tried to play with 20 minutes to play already higher than their average of 15.6 in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.
A renewed wish of the herons gave them at least one feather to win more total duels in the game than their more illustrious opponents, although it must be accepted that the game in the last phases became more equal, simply because Luis Enrique's side took their foot completely from the gas.
PSG can be completely happy with another polished version, while Messi and Inter Miami go back home and have to pick themselves up in a week for their next fixture against Montreal.