The Rosanegros with their maximum star Lionel Messi and players of enormous hierarchy such as Sergio Busquets, Luis Suárez and Jordi Alba, will star in the World Cup inaugural against the powerful African champion, Al Ahly in Egypt. The meeting will be played on June 14 at the Hard Rock Stadium of Miami.
He World He will gather for the first time 32 teams of the six Confederations, will conclude on July 13 at the Metlife Stadium, in New York-New Jersey, and distribute $ 1,000 million in prizes, of which 125 will be for the champion.
This is the greatest figure ever offered in a tournament in the history of football on the planet.
“The biggest mission of Inter Miami must be to enjoy this tournament, especially the youngest who have never been in a championship like this; take maturity and see what football means at the highest level,” said Salgado. “Be careful with Ahly, it is a spectacular team, and others in your group have a bestial story. The tournament has to serve Inter Miami to grow mentally, and to do it you have to go little to little.”
Inter Miami is barely five years old and it is true that its owners, David Beckham and the brothers Jorge and José Mas, have many ambitions and have fervor their project.
It must be taken into account, however, that the rivals of Group A of Inter Miami, the Porto de Portugal, Palmeiras de Brazil and the same to Ahly, are or have been champions of their respective conferrations and are centenary clubs.
Many followers of Messi and Inter Miami have set the goal of the club to advance at least at the end of the tournament. Team coach Javier Mascherano and some of his most representative players, such as Busquets, however, tried to temper those expectations and Salgado gave them the reason.
“They are worldwide figures and sincerity goes ahead,” said Salgado. In Miami I spoke a lot with Beckham, I was on his birthday, it is a young club. Javier (Mascherano) is a very sincere guy; Messi is still one of the best in the world and Busquets is one of the best six in history. They are players who have been everything and in the end they have a personal analysis. They are realistic. ”
Salgado was a companion of Beckham and rival of several of the current players and the Inter Miami coach. He played 53 games with the Spanish team. His career was almost two decades and one of those decades was fully dedicated to Real Madrid.
With the meringues, Salgado conquered seven national titles, four of them from the Spanish League; and four international crowns, two of them the European Champions League. He worked as a right side.
Think now that we are at the doors of seeing a real world competition of clubs and that you can just know which one in the world is.
There will be multi -million dollar awards and the players will receive an important slice, but Salgado said that this will not be the most important.
“Above all will be the pride of winning the first title of world champion, rather than awards,” said Salgado. “This World Cup is much more serious, there is more. For them, this is the competition of their life. The opportunity to play against the best in the world. We always talk about money, but I think there is much more in the Club World Cup.”
Salgado also said that the Club World Cup can influence to determine the next winner of the Golden Ball.
“There are three candidates to win the Golden Ball and Kylian Mbappé is one of them,” said Salgado. “There has not been worldwide this year and what you do in the club is important. Not winning any title influences. At the individual level, Mbappé has been fantastic, but it is always important to win a title. If Real Madrid wins the Club World Cup, Mbappé can overcome Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembele and win the Golden Ball.”
Salgado also referred to Spanish coaches Luis Enrique and Xabi Alonso, of PSG and Real Madrid, respectively.
“Spanish football at the coaches is at a very good time, not only Luis Enrique and Xabi Alonso, there are rumors that Cesc Fabregas can go to Inter Milan,” said Salgado. “Spanish football changed a lot in the last 25 years and Spanish coaches are very clear in the idea of football: possession game, more and more to press high, theft of the ball. It is a very clear school, they are making a difference.”
Salgado added that after the era of Pep Guardiola in Barcelona, Luis Enrique took the post and “gave a speed to Barza that made it different. The players are very adapted to what Spanish coaches want,” he added.
Finally, Salgado said that the Club World Cup “will come people around the world. It will be spectacular.”
