Messi delivers ice-cold winner as Inter Miami defeats Sporting Kansas City

In the opening leg series between the two teams in Round One of the competition, Inter Miami CF defeated Sporting Kansas City 0-1 on the road, kicking off their 2025 Champions Cup campaign on a positive note.

The squad won at Children's Mercy Park thanks to a goal from captain Lionel Messi, who finished to score the game's lone goal.

Notably, Javier Mascherano, the club's head coach, managed his first official game during the game.

Inter Miami maintained possession and increased offensive threat in a competitive first half.

The second half saw Inter Miami come to the field with equal vigour, and they were soon rewarded when Messi scored the game-winning goal in the 56th minute.

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Messi scored his first goal of the 2025 season by deftly bringing down a long delivery from Busquets with his chest inside the box, then taking a touch into space and finishing with his right foot to put the ball in the back of the net.

The second leg of the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup Round One series between Sporting Kansas City and Inter Miami is scheduled for next Tuesday, February 25.