Inter Miami vs. Nashville in Champions Cup: Messi, Suarez starting. Alba, Campana out
Inter Miami had a new look Thursday night against Nashville SC in the first leg of the Champions Cup Round of 16.
Left back Jordi Alba was out ill and missing from the starting lineup. Forward Leo Campana, who had been coming off the bench, was not available as he injured his foot in training Wednesday, per a team spokesperson.
Newly signed Argentine midfielder Federico Redondo, son of former Real Madrid great Fernando Redondo, made his MLS debut alongside Sergio Busquets and Diego Gomez.
Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, who combined for four goals in a 5-0 win over Orlando City last weekend, started side by side up top. The back line was Noah Allen, replacing Alba, Nico Freire, Sergiy Kryvtsov, Tomas Aviles and Julian Gressel, playing right back in place of DeAndre Yedlin, who was traded to FC Cincinnati last week.
Drake Callender started in goal. The bench included: CJ Dos Santos, Cole Jensen, Ryan Sailor, Israel Boatwright, David Ruiz, Lawson Sunerland, Robert Taylor, and Shanyder Borgelin.
The 9 p.m. game is being broadcast by FS2 in English and TUDN in Spanish.
This story was originally published March 7, 2024 at 8:47 PM.