Inter Miami vs Nashville SC live score, result, updates, highlights from CONCACAF Champions Cup second leg

By | March 13, 2024
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Lionel Messi’s first foray into North American continental club football hangs in the balance as Inter Miami contest the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup matchup against Nashville SC at home.

With a Leagues Cup final rematch slated in the Round of 16, the two sides played to a thrilling 2-2 draw in the first leg from Tennessee last week, with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez both delivering goals in a two-goal comeback. Suarez’s 95th-minute equalizer was a massive moment in the tie to give Inter Miami a level aggregate scoreline to bring back home with them to Ft. Lauderdale.

The tiebreaker in the event of an even aggregate scoreline is away goals, so unless there’s another high-scoring thriller here, Inter Miami would hold the advantage in the event of a 0-0 or 1-1 draw.

The Sporting News is following the Inter Miami vs Nashville SC match live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.

Inter Miami vs Nashville SC live score

  Score Goal scorers
Inter Miami – –
Nashville SC – –

Kickoff: 8:15 p.m. ET / 5:15 p.m. PT
Location: Chase Stadium (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
Referee: Drew Fischer (USA)

Starting lineups (predicted):

Inter Miami (5-3-2, right to left): Callender (GK) — Gressel, Aviles, Kryvtsov, Freire, Alba – Redondo, Busquets, D. Gomez — Messi, Suarez.

Nashville SC (4-2-3-1, right to left): Willis (GK) — Moore, MacNaughton, Maher, Lovitz — Godoy, Davis — Muyl, Mukhtar, Shaffelburg — Boyd.

Inter Miami vs Nashville SC live updates, highlights, commentary

1 hour 30 mins to kick: New Inter Miami signing Federico Redondo got his first start in the first leg of this matchup, and played nearly the full 90 minutes. He impressed in his 66 minutes over the weekend against CF Montreal, and looks to be a real strong option for Tata Martino in an otherwise thin Inter Miami midfield.

1 hour 45 mins to kick: This is not a surprise, as Tata Martino essentially confirmed it in his pre-match press availability, but there’s a new report from Diego Monroig of ESPN in Argentina that Lionel Messi will be fit to start today for Inter Miami.

2 hours to kickoff: Nashville clearly have some extra venom in their boots as they look for revenge from last year’s Leagues Cup final shootout defeat. That’s evident by the spicy studs-up tackle from Lukas MacNaughton in last week’s match which which followed through onto Lionel Messi’s lower leg.

Messi was lucky to escape injury, but social media was divided over the incident, with some criticizing the placement of MacNaughton’s studs while others claimed he was not responsible for the follow-through on a clearance.

MacNaughton was asked about the incident while previewing today’s match, and he dodged the question, saying simply, “They’re making something out of nothing. I have tackled enough players in my career that it is what it is. If somebody wants to make a fuss about it…it’s just another tackle.”

Inter Miami vs Nashville SC lineups, team news

Lionel Messi was rested against CF Montreal in the loss last weekend, but Tata Martino confirmed that it was for pre-planned maintenance, and not related to the studs-up tackle from Lukas MacNaughton in the first leg of this continental matchup. Thus, Messi will be good to start in this match. 

Inter Miami are without Benjamin Cremaschi and Facundo Farias, with the former recovering from hernia surgery and the latter working through his recovery from an ACL injury. Ian Fray and Franco Negri could both be back from their ACL injuries by the end of the month, but will likely be brought along slowly.

Inter Miami projected starting lineup (5-3-2): Callender (GK) — Gressel, Aviles, Kryvtsov, Freire, Alba – Redondo, Busquets, D. Gomez — Messi, Suarez.

Inter Miami subs (12): (Lineups released one hour prior to kickoff)

Nashville talisman Hany Mukhtar returned from his early season injury in the first leg, and he will likely play a major role here. However, the visitors were dealt a major blow last week as critical defender Walker Zimmerman went down with a knee injury in the 82nd minute and will miss a number of weeks.

The only other player unavailable for Nashville is Randall Leal, who is recovering from a hip injury.

Nashville SC projected starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Willis (GK) — Moore, MacNaughton, Maher, Lovitz — Godoy, Davis — Muyl, Mukhtar, Shaffelburg — Boyd.

Nashville SC subs (12): (Lineups released one hour prior to kickoff)

How to watch Inter Miami vs Nashville SC

  • TV channel: FS2
  • Streaming: Fubo USA, Fox Sports GO, Fox Sports app & website, ViX

Fox Sports holds the English-language broadcast rights to the CONCACAF Champions Cup in the United States, and has earmarked this match for televising on FS2, which can be streamed on Fubo.


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