Difficult But Not Impossible: How Inter Miami Can Beat PSG at the FIFA Club World Cup
It won’t be easy, but it’s not impossible.
For the first time in his career, Lionel Messi will take on a former club as he leads his underdog Inter Miami CF against the UEFA Champions League winners, Paris Saint-Germain, on Sunday in the Round of 16 at the FIFA Club World Cup.
While Miami have already made history after becoming the first MLS team to beat a European side in a competitive match, having beaten FC Porto 2–1 in the group stage, the สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที matchup against the European champions is an entirely different task.
According to Opta’s supercomputer, there is an 80% chance that PSG come out as the winners. And that may even be a conservative estimate. Given the perceived gap between a mid-table MLS side and one of the best teams in the world.
Although it might be unlikely, Sports Illustrated takes a look at three key factors Miami must hit on if they want to pull off a generational upset.
When playing in MLS, Inter Miami are used to having a lot of possession. Yet, they’ve adjusted to facing tougher competition so far at the Club World Cup. And will need to apply all of those lessons when they come up against PSG.
Luckily for Mascherano, however, Botafogo laid out a plan on how to beat PSG in the group stage. There are two key parts: a quick break and finishing the one or two chances that may fall your way.
Even the best teams give up a moment in a defensive lapse. And Miami should expect to have a few chances against PSG. But, how could those come to be?
Leaving set-piece opportunities aside. Miami has shown their ability to score off counterattacks and well-timed balls threaded past high-lying defensive setups. As PSG have tended to play with at the Club World Cup.
When PSG did so against Botafogo. They were caught out by a slipped-through ball. A goal that tactically resembles Tadeo Allende’s 16th-minute marker against Palmeiras. As displayed in the clips below.