He Inter Miami of Lionel Messi Against the giant of Africa, to Ahly, they will open a new era of the Club FIFA World FIFASaturday (TV: dazn.com) at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.
It will be the greatest football event in the history of the south of Florida and will also begin a new format of the tournament.
For the first time, 32 teams will participate, which will play 63 games and $ 1 billion will be distributed in prizes, 125 of them for the champion.
Eleven of the participating teams have chosen Florida as their operations base for the Club World Cup. Thanks to this, local fans will be able to see idols such as Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius Jr., Erling Haaland, Harry Kane, Edison Cavani, Enzo Fernández, Giovanni Reyna, Rodrigo and Bernardo Silva, among others.
Each of the six Confederations of the five continents will be represented in the tournament that will be broadcast live, live and free by TNT and by the Dazn.com platform.
“The Club World Cup is the first opportunity in which 32 teams will compete to try which one in the world is,” exclaimed the Spanish Luis Enrique, coach of Paris Saint Germain, a brand new winner of the European Champions League. “European clubs are the favorites because they have the best players on the planet.”
Luis Enrique clarified, however, that football has the habit of giving surprises.
Inter Miami challenge
The fan of Inter Miami looks with optimism the possibilities of her squad, but cautiously because she has never participated in such a high level tournament in her short life.
The Bicampeón Olympic and now coach of the Rosanegros, Javier Mascherano, as well as the world champion Sergio Busquets and the Astro Jordi Alba recalled that they will face the best teams in the world and is a much higher level than the Concacaf and the MLS.
“We are going to face very difficult rivals,” said Alba. “We have the advantage of playing at home and we hope that fans support us and enjoy our games.”
Alba also stressed that in addition to the advantage of the local, Inter Miami is favored by the impact that Messi means to the team.
“Having Leo better the team,” Alba added. “And, in this case, it also makes me a better player.”
How Mascherano will form your squad for debut is a mystery. The Rosanegros come from winning their last two games in the MLS after a bad streak and the team meets the mood very high.
A giant from Africa
Al Ahly is a power in the African continent. Twelve times he won the African Champions League and five times more reached the finals. This is his ninth participation in the Club World Cup and four times he won the bronze medal in that tournament. It is the most laureate club in Egypt with 45 titles.
He has just devoted himself champion of the Egyptian league and with that spirit he reaches the World Cup as the pride of the nation. The Red Eagles are directed by the Spanish José Riveiro.
One of the main figures of the team is Abou Ali. He arrived in the middle of the 2023-24 season as a solution to solve the problems in definition. Very soon he showed that he was the player that the club needed so much.
He is 26 years old and with the eagles in 57 games he has scored 35 goals and gave 10 assists. He began with the Aalborg BK of Denmark, his homeland. Then he went to Versyssel and Silkeborg. In 2023 he was hired by the IK Sirius of Sweden. In 16 games he scored 10 goals and thanks to this he was hired by Ahly.
The Egyptian team arrived last Friday in Miami and on Saturday he trained on the court of the Nova Southeastern University in Davie. Sunday lost 5-3 in penalties after having tied 1-1 in a friendly match with the Pachuca de México, another participants in the Club World Cup.
The Egyptian goal was the work of his new Mahmoud Treseguet player.
The Red Eagles make up a powerful, ambitious team and will be a dangerous rival that will take the measure of Inter Miami.
New era at Latin rhythm
Rhythm, color and music will explode at the Hard Rock Stadium 45 minutes before Inter Miami and Al Ahly.
Emilio Estefan Jr. and Balich Wonder Studio joined to assemble the inaugural ceremony under the subject begins a new era.
With Latin rhythm a program has been mounted in which the color, beat and passion for football will explode.
“This act will celebrate the multicultural sound around the world,” said Stefan Jr. “will reflect all the cultures and rhythms that soccer unites. We give the world welcome in Miami with music, joy and unity.”
The artists will light the Vikina and Richaelio and the Global Astros French Montana and Swaw Lee.
“We are going to raise the volume so that the rhythm of Miami is heard in the world,” said Vikina. “It will be a mixture of cultures and passion.”
