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WHOs: Inter Miami vs Al Ahly
What: FIFA 2025 FIFA club World Cup
Or: Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida, United States.
When: Saturday June 14 at 8 p.m. the kick -off (00:00 GMT on Sunday June 15)
How to follow our cover: We will have all the accumulation from 6 p.m. (4 p.m. GMT) on Al Jazeera Sport.
The renowned and enlarged FIFA club World Cup starts on Saturday, and the organizers chose a plum link to launch the 32 team tournament.
Inter Miami and their star name, Lionel Messi, face the most successful side of world football – the Egyptian giants Al Ahly.
Al Jazeera takes a look at the first game of the one -month event.
How did Inter Miami qualified for the Club World Cup?
Miami finished as The club with the most points In the regular season of Major League Soccer (MLS), giving them a place at the Club World Cup instead of the Galaxy, which won the MLS Cup, which is considered the highest price of the MLS.
FIFA announced the addition of Miami to the club World Cup in October after having broken MLS regular seasonal points record with a 6-2 victory against the New England Revolution to reach 74 points-a better than the previous record set by New England in 2021.
How did Al Ahly qualify for the Club World Cup?
Al Ahly was crowned winner of the CAF (Confederation of African Football) there are two seasons to qualify for this tournament.
However, they were dethroned as continental kings of Africa last season, leading to the coach, Marcel Koller, after their defeat against Mamelodi Sundowns in the semi-finals of the centerpiece of CAF.
Jose Riveiro, who trained Orlando Pirates from South Africa last season, was appointed new coach, and Inter Miami will mark his first match in charge.
Is David Beckham still co-owner of Inter Miami?
The former midfielder of England and Manchester United, David Beckham, bought a participation of 25 million dollars The franchise that would become Inter Miami In 2014. In doing so, he exercised a clause of his contract during his play days with the MLS.
Inter Miami finally made its debut in 2020 and is also co -owner by American Business Magnates, Jorge and Jose Mas, although Beckham is really the figure of the club.
How many World Cups of Messi clubs won?
Messi is a double winner of the competition. The Argentinian striker raised the trophy with Barcelona twice in 2009 and 2011. He could well come up against his manager at the time.
A large part of Miami’s chances are based on Messi’s shoulders. “He is in good shape this season. There were times when we had to give him time to rest, but he played the last 15 games, except the match against Dallas when we rested the whole team,” said Inter Javier Mascherano.
“We were also lucky that he was able to rest in the last two Argentina games,” he added, referring to Messi playing 111 minutes in the qualifications of the Argentina World Cup against Chile and Colombia earlier this month.
“It is our responsibility to create the right environment for him to shine.”
Is Al Ahly the most successful club in the world?
Al Ahly won an amazing 155 trophies, including their 45th league title this season.
This is balanced with the 15 titles of the Real Madrid UEFA Champions League during the first world club competition, as well as the Spanish giants winning the title of liga 36 times.
Who else is in the group of Inter Miami and Al Ahly?
Brazilian club Palmeiras and Portuguese giants Porto Complete Group A.
Here is the full list of eight groups:
- Group A: Palmeiras, Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami
- Group B: Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders
- Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica
- Group D: Flamengo is Tunis, Chelsea, Lafc
- Group E: River plate, Urawwa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan
- Group F: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan HD FC, Mamelodi Sundowns
- Group G: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus
- H group: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, FC Salzburg
Tête-à-tête
This is a first meeting between the parties while the representatives of the Concacaf find themselves face to face with the CAF (Confederation of African Football).
Inter Miami Team News
Coach Javier Mascherano was forced to redo his backline due to a series of injuries.
The rear Jordi Alba, his colleague defender Gonzalo Lujan and the defensive midfielder Yannick Bright were all excluded from the A group.
“I hope they will be available for the second game,” Mascherano said at a press conference on Friday.
Alba, one of the former Barcelona de Messi teammates, is sidelined with a problem with the hamstrings. There were also concerns about the ability of central defender David Martinez.
“David had a kind of pain yesterday, and we didn’t want to take any risks,” said Mascherano.
“The reality is that throughout the season, the team has dealt with injuries, but the players who intervened took up the challenge. This gives us peace of mind,” he said.
Al Ahly Team News
The Egyptian team has been in the United States for two weeks and has already played a warm-up match against colleagues participating in the Pachuca Club World Cup. The Mexican club won 5-3 in penalties after a 1-1 draw Sunday.
Riveiro has a fully fit team to choose, which is led by the former attacker of Aston Villa Mahmoud Trezuet.
How much receives the winner of the Club World Cup?
The total price is $ 1 billion, the champions earning up to $ 125 million.
About half of the $ 1 billion will be divided between the 32 clubs, with the amount per club based on sporting and commercial criteria.
