What Lionel Messi Said About Inter Miami Losing to PSG at Club World Cup

PSG booked their spot successful the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinals with a ascendant 4-0 triumph implicit Inter Miami and their erstwhile prima Lionel Messi connected Sunday day astatine Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

All 4 goals came successful the archetypal half, allowing PSG to instrumentality implicit power aboriginal and comfortably spot retired the 2nd fractional against the MLS club. João Neves was the star of the match with the midfielder scoring 2 of the 4 PSG goals.

Neves enactment PSG successful beforehand little than 10 minutes into the match, heading successful astatine the backmost station aft a well-placed free-kick from Vitinha. Inter Miami goalkeeper Oscar Ustari had nary accidental arsenic Neves slipped successful unmarked to finish.

PSG doubled their pb successful the 39th minute, capping disconnected a agelong of sustained unit that Inter Miami had occupation dealing with each half.

Neves struck again conscionable earlier halftime, this time finishing disconnected a creaseless squad move. Fabián Ruiz unselfishly squared the shot crossed the box, mounting up the Portuguese midfielder for a elemental tap-in.

Lionel Messi talks nonaccomplishment to PSG

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After the four-goal nonaccomplishment to PSG, Messi spoke astir the decision to DSports’ Marcelo Benedetto connected Sunday.

“Well, the thought was truly conscionable to effort to compete, to beryllium up to the level of what this meant. I don’t cognize if radical expected this from us—especially considering however we got to the Club World Cup and the radical we were drawn into—but I think, similar I said before, we were up to the challenge, we gave everything, and that has to service america going guardant for what truly matters to us, which is what’s coming next…

“Today we faced a team, similar I said earlier, that conscionable bushed Inter successful a Champions League final—I can’t retrieve if it was 4–0 oregon 5–0. And close now, they’re the champion squad successful the world, nary doubt. So it was lone earthy that what happened contiguous happened.”

"ESTUVIMOS A LA ALTURA Y ESO ES LO QUE NOS TIENE QUE SERVIR A NOSOTROS"

Lionel Messi, EN EXCLUSIVA con @m_benedetto tras la eliminación de Inter Miami. #FIFACWC pic.twitter.com/DSNfctxqzO

— DSPORTS (@DSports) June 29, 2025

PSG volition present absorption connected Bayern Munich, who they faced successful the league signifier of past season’s UEFA Champions League. The Parisians were acold from the squad that they were successful the knockout stage, truthful Luis Enrique and his squad volition beryllium looking for revenge successful this contest.