El Salvador vs Inter Miami CF, 2024 Club Friendly

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Messi, Inter Miami begin world tour with scoreless draw in El Salvador

Lionel Messi played only the first half of Inter Miami's first preseason game against the El Salvador national team on Friday night.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 1': Christian Martínez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 1': Foul by Benjamin Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF).
  • 4': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Noah Allen.
  • 5': Foul by Melvin Cartagena (El Salvador).
  • 5': Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 6': Delay in match (Inter Miami CF).
  • 6': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 9': Attempt blocked. Gregore (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  • 11': Offside, El Salvador. Javier Ferman is caught offside.
  • 14': Attempt missed. Nelson Bonilla (El Salvador) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Julio Sibrián.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Martínez.
  • 14': Foul by Melvin Cartagena (El Salvador).
  • 14': Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Offside, El Salvador. Javier Ferman is caught offside.
  • 17': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami CF).
  • 17': Javier Ferman (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Offside, Inter Miami CF. Lionel Messi is caught offside.
  • 22': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Darwin Cerén.
  • 26': Diego Flores (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 26': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami CF).
  • 26': Attempt missed. Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
  • 26': Delay in match because of an injury Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador).
  • 28': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 29': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Bryan Tamacas.
  • 30': Offside, El Salvador. Javier Ferman is caught offside.
  • 33': Attempt saved. Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 34': Offside, El Salvador. Javier Ferman is caught offside.
  • 36': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergio Busquets.
  • 36': Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 37': Foul by Noah Allen (Inter Miami CF).
  • 37': Melvin Cartagena (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 39': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Jordi Alba (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
  • 40': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Mario González.
  • 45'+1': Foul by Rudy Clavel (El Salvador).
  • 45'+1': Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Lionel Messi (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, El Salvador 0, Inter Miami CF 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins El Salvador 0, Inter Miami CF 0.
  • 45': Substitution, El Salvador. Tereso Benítez replaces Bryan Tamacas because of an injury.
  • 45': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Christopher McVey replaces Sergio Busquets.
  • 45': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. David Ruíz replaces Jordi Alba.
  • 45': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Facundo Farías replaces Lionel Messi.
  • 45': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Leonardo Campana replaces Luis Suárez.
  • 47': Foul by Melvin Cartagena (El Salvador).
  • 47': Gregore (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by Diego Flores (El Salvador).
  • 48': Julian Gressel (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Diego Flores (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 48': Foul by Tomás Avilés (Inter Miami CF).
  • 48': Nelson Bonilla (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 49': Attempt missed. Diego Flores (El Salvador) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
  • 50': Foul by Gregore (Inter Miami CF).
  • 50': Javier Ferman (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 50': Offside, El Salvador. Diego Flores is caught offside.
  • 51': Foul by Tomás Avilés (Inter Miami CF).
  • 51': Nelson Bonilla (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 52': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Javier Ferman (El Salvador) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Darwin Cerén with a cross following a corner.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Javier Ferman (El Salvador) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nelson Bonilla.
  • 57': Facundo Farías (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 57': Foul by Melvin Cartagena (El Salvador).
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Leonardo Campana (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 61': Substitution, El Salvador. Styven Vásquez replaces Nelson Bonilla.
  • 62': Foul by Darwin Cerén (El Salvador).
  • 62': Gregore (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Gregore (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
  • 63': Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card.
  • 65': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Sergii Kryvtsov replaces Tomás Avilés.
  • 65': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Robert Taylor replaces Julian Gressel.
  • 65': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Ryan Sailor replaces DeAndre Yedlin.
  • 66': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Lawson Sunderland replaces Benjamin Cremaschi.
  • 68': Hand ball by Christian Martínez (El Salvador).
  • 68': Facundo Farías (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 68': Foul by Darwin Cerén (El Salvador).
  • 69': Delay in match because of an injury Facundo Farías (Inter Miami CF).
  • 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 72': Facundo Farías went off injured after Inter Miami CF had used all subs.
  • 73': Offside, El Salvador. Tereso Benítez is caught offside.
  • 74': Foul by Melvin Cartagena (El Salvador).
  • 74': Gregore (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Offside, El Salvador. Diego Flores is caught offside.
  • 78': Substitution, El Salvador. Leonardo Menjívar replaces Javier Ferman.
  • 79': Substitution, El Salvador. Amando Moreno replaces Melvin Cartagena.
  • 79': David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Darwin Cerén (El Salvador).
  • 80': Attempt missed. Christian Martínez (El Salvador) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Leonardo Menjívar.
  • 81': Foul by Amando Moreno (El Salvador).
  • 81': Gregore (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Offside, El Salvador. Tereso Benítez is caught offside.
  • 83': Styven Vásquez (El Salvador) hits the bar with a header from the left side of the box. Assisted by Diego Flores.
  • 83': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Ryan Sailor.
  • 84': Foul by Ryan Sailor (Inter Miami CF).
  • 84': Styven Vásquez (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 84': Foul by Noah Allen (Inter Miami CF).
  • 84': Tereso Benítez (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 85': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Gregore.
  • 86': Attempt blocked. Styven Vásquez (El Salvador) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amando Moreno with a cross.
  • 88': Foul by Tereso Benítez (El Salvador).
  • 88': Noah Allen (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Gregore (Inter Miami CF).
  • 90': Leonardo Menjívar (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Foul by Diego Flores (El Salvador).
  • 90': Ryan Sailor (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Diego Flores (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Leonardo Campana (Inter Miami CF).
  • 90'+3': Foul by Gregore (Inter Miami CF).
  • 90'+3': Tereso Benítez (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Offside, El Salvador. Styven Vásquez is caught offside.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, El Salvador 0, Inter Miami CF 0.
  • 0': Match ends, El Salvador 0, Inter Miami CF 0.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 14
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 9
3 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 3
66.1 Possession 33.9
6 SHOTS 10
3 ON GOAL 2
0.5 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
529 Accurate Passes 242
608 Passes 303
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
1 Accurate Crosses 2
15 Crosses 14
0.1 Cross % 0.1
56 Long Balls 47
33 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
3 Blocked Shots 1
11 Effective Tackles 8
17 Tackles 10
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
2 Interceptions 6
12 Effective Clearances 22
12 Clearances 22

Game Information

Competition: Club Friendly

Venue: Estadio Cuscatlán
Location: San Salvador, El Salvador

Line-Ups

SLV El Salvador (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Mario González (GK)
2 Julio Sibrián
20 Jorge Cruz
5 Rudy Clavel Mendoza
17 Diego Flores Yellow Card
21 Bryan Tamacas
23 Melvin Cartagena
14 Christian Martínez
7 Darwin Cerén Yellow Card
9 Nelson Bonilla
11 Javier Ferman

MIA Inter Miami CF (5-3-2)

No. Name
13 Carlos Dos Santos (GK)
6 Tomás Avilés
32 Noah Allen
2 DeAndre Yedlin
18 Jordi Alba
24 Julian Gressel
5 Sergio Busquets
30 Benjamin Cremaschi
26 Gregore Yellow Card
10 Lionel Messi
9 Luis Suárez

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