Lionel Messi to come up against old Boss Pep Guardiola As Inter Miami Locks In Place In 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
Lionel Messi can go back to Pep Guardiola’s management as Inter Miami alongside other clubs get the green light to participate in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. New 32-team championships are to be held in the USA next summer with championships starting from June 15 and ending July 3.
As per the FIFA regulations for the club competition, the CONCACAF region has been given four places for four winners of the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup as well as an additional club that has been invited by FIFA. Having the competition in the USA, FIFA was expected to invite Inter Miami, which only recently had a history of winning the Supporters’ Shield trophy.
Inter Miami is set to play in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.
Gianni Infantino affirmed Inter Miami Bundesliga’s participation after their 6-2 thrashing of the New England Revolution at the last outing of the regular MLS season. Messi entered the pitch and scored the fastest hat- trick taking Inter Miami to become the MLS points record.
During the post-match celebrations, Infantino addressed the crowd, saying: Miami has always been football-crazy, and the fans have embraced Inter Miami due to their ability to play an entertaining brand of soccer that has attracted fans outside of Florida as well. Well done on your brilliant 2024 Supporters’ Shield. You are surely the best team in the U.S. as witnessed on the pitch. I’m honored to share that Inter Miami will be hosting the United States in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.”
Messi may create a path for the reunion with Guardiola in the Club World Cup
This invitation means that Inter Miami will be featuring against other giant clubs, including Bayern Munich Chelsea, and Juventus. The exciting part of the tournament could be when Messi and former Barcelona team manager Pep Guardiola meet if Manchester City is participating in the competition. Messi and Guardiola secured many titles when both were in Barcelona – the 2009 / 2011 FIFA Club World Cups among them.
Messi may also come up against his former club Paris Saint-Germain, which like Manchester City, is among 12 clubs from Europe to feature in the competition. However, that match-up won’t happen, as Barcelona did not qualify for the 2025 tournament.
With the confirmation of Inter Miami in the tournament, 31 out of the 32 teams for the tournament are already in. The last position will be occupied by the 2024 Copa Libertadores winner. Other teams involved are Atletico Mineiro, Botafogo, Penarol, and River Plate where the latter has already booked a place in the next summer’s Club World Cup.
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