Lionel Messi in Majestic Form as Argentine Great Leads Inter Miami Into Club World Cup
- Inter Miami will kick off the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup by facing Al Ahly at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on June 14.
- Inter Miami qualified by winning the 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield and arrived with a squad featuring several former Barcelona players led by Lionel Messi.
- The competition expanded from 7 to 32 clubs this year and Miami will face Al Ahly, FC Porto, and Palmeiras in the group stage.
- Messi, 37, scored 31 goals for Miami since July 2023 and claimed the league MVP, while coach Mascherano called this their club's most important competition.
- Miami's performance in this expanded global tournament could expose their flaws despite their experience, but the team and supporters remain hopeful to make a significant impact.
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Can Lionel Messi and Inter Miami really spring a surprise at the Club World Cup? ‘No one expects us to go far.’
MIAMI — The Club World Cup will take Inter Miami from start-up to the global stage. Just five years after its MLS debut, the team co-owned by David Beckham and starring Lionel Messi will have the eyes of the world on it as it kicks off soccer’s newest competition with the chance to be crowned world champion. It has been a wild ride. “This is a competition that will let us see where we are standing as a team,” coach Javier Mascherano said Friday …
When 32 clubs from all over the world compete in the FIFA Club World Cup in the USA, it's also about proving it to everyone for one protagonist.
Let the party begin. Inter Miami will premiere Saturday at home the new FIFA Club World Cup against the Egyptian Al Ahly, a competition in which Argentine star Lionel Messi and his companions will try to shine among the elite of world football.The Floridano club, founded in 2018, will live another important stage of its short history when he shoots the ball at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, at 6 pm Costa Rica time (channel 7 broadcast). Invited…


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