From extreme cold to the heat of Miami: Lionel Messi has everything ready to advance in the Concachampions

Inter Miami will face Sporting Kansas City in the second leg of Phase 2 of the Concacaf Champions Cup at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale from 10:00 p.m. Argentine time and will feature the presence of Lionel Messi , who started 2025 in good form.

Inter Miami will certainly come into this game with a crucial away goal after Lionel Messi's goal led the pink team to a 1-0 victory in the first leg, which was played in temperatures of up to 25 degrees below zero at Children's Mercy Park stadium.

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This time, Messi and company can expect familiar weather conditions as they will be playing at home and looking to seal their passage to the round of 16 of the competition in good fashion.

In this way, Javier Mascherano's team will compete in a duel that will be televised by ESPN through its Disney+ platform, starting at 10 p.m. in Argentina.

As a final note, it must be said that these clubs were unable to achieve victory in their MLS debut, where Inter tied 2-2 against New York City FC in their opening match of the new Major League Soccer season. While those from Kansas fell 1-0 against Austin FC in their debut.

Lionel Messi

Inter Miami

Inter Miami: Oscar Ustari; Marcelo Weigandt, Gonzalo Lujan, David Martínez, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, Federico Redondo, Tadeo Allende, Benjamín Cremaschi; Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez. Coach: Javier Mascherano.

Sporting Kansas City: John Pulskamp; Jan Jurcec, Jansen Miller, Robert Voloder, Tim Leibold; Jacob Bartlett, Nemanja Radoja, Memo Rodriguez; Stephen Afrifa, Dejan Joveljic and Daniel Salloi Coach: Peter Vermes.

The Inter Miami match will be broadcast in Argentina on the Disney+ platform.