The great dream of Inter Miami with Lionel Messi In the team’s bow, it can begin to be built in the Club FIFA World FIFA 2025.
The Rosanegros will face the powerful to Ahly, the giant of Africa, on June 14 at the Hard Rock Stadium at the inauguration of the new tournament with 32 teams, which will play in total 63 games in 12 headquarters in the United States.
When the owners of Inter Miami, David Beckham and the brothers Jorge and José Mas, they presented the Club in 2018 promised that they would not spare efforts or resources to make it a loved and admired club worldwide.
In the summer of 2023, in a world impact movement, the promise began to take shape. Messi joined the club.
With that hiring, the football circle was considered in the United States, which opened when Pelé arrived in the 70s and popularized this sport in the country. Messi has given him global resonance.
A new place for Lionel Messi
The Club World Cup becomes the showcase that enhances Inter Miami to show the quality of its game and ambitions to the entire planet.
In addition to Messi are the consecrated Sergio Busquets, Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba; the young promises Noah Allen, Tlasco Segovia; and quality cast players such as David Martínez and Maximiliano Falcón.
“We are a team with little experience in this type of tournaments, but we are very excited,” said Busquets. “You have to be very concentrated, be a solid team and, above all, also have a little luck.”
The surfloridan team arrives at a right time to the Club World Cup after a campaign with ups and downs in the first half of 2025.
After a streak of nine undefeated games, Inter Miami fell into the first leg against Los Angeles FC by the Concacaf Champions League, but reached the semifinals of the tournament.
He suffered a great downturn in which he lost five of eight games, won only one and tied two; He received 23 goals in that period. It was chaos. In his next three games, however, the team recovered won two and tied one and scored 13 goals.
Before the paralysis of the MLS, the Rosanegros thrashed the Fuertw Crew of Columbus 5-1, and Messi participated in all goals.
That result was the best thing that could have passed to Inter Miami. He returned the joy to the team, the confidence to coach Javier Mascherano and the illusion to all to face the World Cup.
“It makes me happy that the boys have done it well,” Mascherano said after the victory over CREW last May 31. “The goal is to try to win the first game in the World Cup.”
Mascherano made it clear that the Club World Cup will be a different battle.
“The level we are going to face is much higher than we have faced at Concacaf and MLS,” said the coach. “If we are united, together, we can compete. It is not only a matter of quality, but also of desire and desire, we are facing a great challenge. I hope we can classify the next round and fulfill a very good role in the competition.”
The first rival of Inter Miami at the Club World Cup will be Al Ahly, who comes from conquering three of the last four editions of the African Champions League. The Egyptian club won the African Champs 12 times, nine times he qualified for the Club World Cup and won the league of his country 44 times.
Born 118 years ago, the club is known as “The Red Eagles” and it is a powerful adversary.
The following rivals The Inter Miami will be the Porto de Portugal and Palmeiras of Brazil, both favorites to qualify in Group A. The Lusos have been twice champions of the European Champions League and make up one of the most popular teams in their country along with Benfica and Sporting Lisbon.
Palmeiras, meanwhile, comes from thrashing Sporting Cristal in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores and advanced to the round of 16 as the only team with a perfect record (18 points) in six games of the eight groups.
“Playing the Club World Cup is special and a challenge at the same time,” said Suarez. “Our goal is also to contribute to the growth of football in the United States, as is the case with the presence of Messi, and become the second sport of the country, between the NFL and the NBA.”
