All eyes in Messi: The Club World Cup starts with the view in the Argentine star

A pink and albiceleste tide, with Dorsal 10 of Leo Messi with Inter Miami and Argentina, flooded this Saturday the Hard Rock Stadium of Miami for the inaugural match of the FIFA Club World Cup, where all eyes will be placed on the Argentine star.

«We come from Guatemala. Total emotion to 100 % of coming to see the best footballer in history who is Leo Messi and who is accompanied by great stars such as Jordi Alba, (Sergio) Busquets or (Luis) Suárez in this football party that is the inauguration of the Club World Cup, ”one of the fans, Omar Castillo, accompanied by his son, told Efe.

Inter Miami will premiere the renewed tournament against the Egyptian Ahly, by the Spanish coach José Riveiro, and which he classified as triple Africa champion in recent four years.

The presence of Messi is the great incentive of the inaugural meeting of the competition, despite the presence of other big names in the ranks of Inter Miami such as Uruguayan Luis Suárez or the Spaniards Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba (Low for this party).

The influx of followers was already massive even three hours before the game, many of them from Argentina, dressed in t -shirts from other Argentine clubs such as Boca Juniors or San Lorenzo, under an intense sun.

Next to them also highlighted the colorful red of Al Ahly, dressed by the Egyptian fans who, in some cases, accompanied their clothing with crowns of pharaohs.

«We have high hopes to move on to the next phase and win Messi today. We know Inter Miami, we have been following it to know what its performance is, ”one of the Egyptian club fans told Efe.

The meeting between Inter Miami and Al Ahly is the first of 63 games that will be played between June 14 and July 13 to determine the champion of the FIFA Club renewed.

Both sets are framed in group A next to Porto and El Palmeiras.