Inter Miami's Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi fights for the ball with Cruz Azul's Argentine forward #29 Rodolfo Rotondi (L) and Cruz Azul's defender #05 Jesus Orozco during the Campeones Cup final football match between Inter Miami CF and Mexico's Cruz Azul at Nu Stadium in Miami, Florida, on September 16, 2026. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)

Inter Miami's Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi fights for the ball with Cruz Azul's Argentine forward #29 Rodolfo Rotondi and Cruz Azul's defender #05 Jesus Orozco during the Campeones Cup final football match between Inter Miami CF and Mexico's Cruz Azul at Nu Stadium in Miami, Florida, on September 16, 2026. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)

Inter Miami's Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi fights for the ball with Cruz Azul's Argentine forward #29 Rodolfo Rotondi and Cruz Azul's defender #05 Jesus Orozco during the Campeones Cup final football match between Inter Miami CF and Mexico's Cruz Azul at Nu Stadium in Miami, Florida, on September 16, 2026. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)

Inter Miami's Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his team's first goal, his 100th for the club, during the Campeones Cup final football match between Inter Miami CF and Mexico's Cruz Azul at Nu Stadium in Miami, Florida, on September 16, 2026. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)

Inter Miami's Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his team's first goal, his 100th for the club, during the Campeones Cup final football match between Inter Miami CF and Mexico's Cruz Azul at Nu Stadium in Miami, Florida, on September 16, 2026. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)

Atletico Mineiro's midfielder #07 Fred reacts during the Copa Sudamericana quarter-final second leg football match between Brazil's Atletico Mineiro and Santos at the Arema MRV stadium in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil on September 16, 2026. (Photo by DOUGLAS MAGNO / AFP via Getty Images)

Inter Miami's Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his team's first goal, his 100th for the club, during the Campeones Cup final football match between Inter Miami CF and Mexico's Cruz Azul at Nu Stadium in Miami, Florida, on September 16, 2026. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)

Inter Miami's Argentine forward #10 Lionel Messi celebrates scoring his team's first goal, his 100th for the club, during the Campeones Cup final football match between Inter Miami CF and Mexico's Cruz Azul at Nu Stadium in Miami, Florida, on September 16, 2026. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images)