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Miami vs Cruz Azul: match report

Inter Miami CF hosted Cruz Azul at Nu Stadium on Thursday 17 September 2026, in the Campeones Cup (round 1). Keylor Herrera Villalobos is the referee, averaging 4.2 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.5.

Result and scorers

Miami 2-0 Cruz Azul. Goals: Lionel Messi 24' for Miami; Casemiro 81' for Miami.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 24' Goal: Lionel Messi (Miami) 1-0
  • 41' Yellow card: Matías Galarza (Miami)
  • 66' Yellow card: Willer Ditta (Cruz Azul)
  • 73' Yellow card: Gabriel Fernandez (Cruz Azul)
  • 81' Goal: Casemiro (Miami) 2-0
  • 90' Yellow card: Alexander Shaw (Miami)
Match stats (contains the result)
48.5%Possession51.5%
7Shots17
3Shots on target4
4Corners6
14Fouls15
1Offsides0
4Saves0
2Yellow cards2
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Miami 4-3-3

Coach: Cristian González

  1. 97 Dayne St. Clair GK
  2. 4 Facundo Mura DEF
  3. 5 Casemiro MID
  4. 37 Maximiliano Falcón DEF
  5. 15 Fricio Caicedo DEF
  6. 7 Rodrigo De Paul MID
  7. 42 Yannick Bright MID
  8. 80 Matías Galarza MID
  9. 10 Lionel Messi FWD
  10. 9 Luis Suárez FWD
  11. 19 Germán Berterame FWD

Bench

  • 88 Alexander Shaw MID
  • 16 Micael DEF
  • 3 Sergio Reguilón DEF
  • 2 Gonzalo Luján DEF
  • 13 Luis Barraza GK
  • 34 Rocco Ríos Novo GK
  • 76 Ezequiel Abadia-Reda DEF
  • 22 David Ayala MID
  • 59 Preston Plambeck MID
  • 56 Dániel Pintér FWD
  • 20 Santiago Morales FWD

Cruz Azul 5-3-2

Coach: Joel Huiqui

  1. 23 Kevin Mier GK
  2. 4 Willer Ditta DEF
  3. 17 Amaury García DEF
  4. 5 Jesús Orozco DEF
  5. 16 Jeremy Márquez MID
  6. 29 Carlos Rodolfo Rotondi MID
  7. 8 Agustín Palavecino MID
  8. 6 Érik Lira DEF
  9. 19 Carlos Rodríguez MID
  10. 20 José Paradela MID
  11. 7 Nicolás Ibánez FWD

Bench

  • 33 Gonzalo Piovi DEF
  • 3 Omar Campos DEF
  • 2 Alan Mozo DEF
  • 21 Gabriel Fernández FWD
  • 11 Christian Ebere FWD
  • 1 Andrés Gudiño GK
  • 30 Emmanuel Ochoa GK
  • 12 Alán Montes DEF
  • 15 Ralph Orquin DEF
  • 55 Rogelio González DEF
  • 10 Andrés Montaño MID
  • 18 Luka Romero MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 22 July 2023: Cruz Azul 1-2 Inter Miami CF