Flow he hit that Atlético de Madrid and was crowned in the Messi Cup, the U16 tournament defined in the Inter Miami’s Chase Stadium. The millionaire won with a double from one of his jewels, Bruno Cabral. The millionaires’ children who won the title had a demanding tournament where they faced Barcelona, Manchester City, Inter Milan and Chelsea in the semi-finals.
The Inter Miami Stadium, where Lionel Messi shines every other weekend, was the great stage for River to showcase the jewels of the quarry. But their No. 9, Cabral, stood out from the crowd. In the 28th minute, the scorer of the eighth round received the ball in the middle of the penalty area from the right and before his goal closed the ball, he used the slight bite of the ball to take it out of the air and hit it into the corner to make it 1-0.
🤯🇦🇷 GREAT GOAL BY BRUNO CABRAL AND RIVER ALREADY WINS THE MESSI CUP FINAL.
This guy means business. 😮💨pic.twitter.com/uTC0WXgDUZ
— Sudanalytics (@sudanalytics_) December 14, 2025
A minute later, the Argentine team climbed to the other wing with Felipe López, who was again looking for Cabral. Now the number 9 managed to naturally stop a pass that required it, he dribbled into the penalty area to his spotter and nailed it onto the roof of the goal again, but this time over the Spanish goalkeeper’s right corner.
🤯🇦🇷 BRUNO CABRAL DOUBLE IN A MINUTE FOR RIVERS 2-0 IN THE FINAL.
The goalscorer of the tournament, impressive. 💎pic.twitter.com/lyBICNilLh https://t.co/J5qN4FqAO7
— Sudanalytics (@sudanalytics_) December 14, 2025
“We knew we were going to be champions,” said Joaquín Amor, who scored an incredible overhead kick after five minutes that could have been the goal of the tournament.
A few minutes later, Bruno Cabral, the great figure of the championship team and scorer of the Messi Cup with seven goals, spoke. “Very happy, especially for the group…we are champions,” the star began.
Afterwards, as was usual in the old First Division Soccer, the striker talked about his goals: “It was a quick definition because I couldn’t think in the penalty area and I hit it well,” he said of the first. “In the second, I asked for it, controlled it and defined it,” he summarized.
Cabral, the boy from the millionaire eight league who has Julián Alvarez as his idol and is already being closely followed by three clubs in Europe, is on a winning streak 51 goals from 35 games in 2025. In the Messi Cup he scored a goal against Barcelona, he scored a hat trick against Inter, one in the semi-final against Chelsea and this Sunday the double in the final against Inter Aleti.
“I am inspired by Julián Alvarez in my position,” he said after the game. “I try to stay calm, I want to help the team,” said the boy, who in addition to the championship title won the Golden Boot and the MVP trophy.
In addition to these trophies, Bruno returns to Argentina with a photo with Messi: “I was with Leo. I thank him because he invited us to play here. Without him we wouldn’t have come. And I also thank him for the World Cup,” he said like another fan.
Borussia Dortmund, Sunderland and Bayern Leverkusen already have Cabral in their sights, but the boy says he wants to leave gradually: “I’m preparing to play in the First Division.” In an interview with the newspaper Olé, he revealed what his ultimate goal was: “My dream is to win the Libertadores with River and become world champion.”
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