Lionel Messi showed flashes of his brilliance arsenic his Inter Miami side were held to a goalless gully by African giants Al Ahly successful the revamped Club World Cup opener.

In beforehand of much than 60,000 fans astatine the Hard Rock Stadium, Miami survived a archetypal fractional onslaught by 12-time African champion Al Ahly, which was denied a imaginable winning extremity from the punishment spot erstwhile Trézéguet's effort was stopped by goalkeeper Oscar Ustari.

Miami had scoring chances successful the 2nd half, with Messi shaving the station with a escaped footwear and past hitting the barroom with a curling effort from agelong scope successful added time.

Inter Miami adjacent look FC Porto connected Thursday successful Atlanta portion Al Ahly volition instrumentality connected Palmeiras successful New York.

Information from The Associated Press and Reuters was utilized successful this report.