Time and where to see the opening ceremony of the FIFA 2025 Club World Cup | Lionel Messi

In the inaugural commitment, Inter de Miami will face Al Ahly in Egypt. To set with music at the ceremony, French Montana, Emilio Estefan Jr. and Swae Lee will be present.

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Let the party begin. Inter Miami will premiere on Saturday at the new FIFA Club World Cup against Al Ahly Egyptian, a competition in which the Argentine star Lionel Messi and his teammates will try to shine among the elite of world football.

The Floridano Club, founded in 2018, will live another important stage of its short history when you start the ball at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, at 20 local hours, compared to about 65,000 spectators.

Invited by FIFA as a host team of this intercontinental tournament, Inter has before him an unbeatable opportunity to show himself to the world of football beyond the North American MLS.

The project, led by businessman Jorge Mas and former soccer player David Beckham, aspires to become a global phenomenon after the revolution undertaken with the signing of Messi in 2023.

And what better occasion for this than a tournament in which superpowers such as Real Madrid, Manchester City, Chelsea, Juventus de Turin, Boca Juniors, River Plate or Flamengo participate.

But before looking at the top, it is convenient not to make the first step, in this case, the match against Al Ahly.

The Egyptian team, trained by the Spanish José Riveiro, has no prominent star, but has the international experience that the young Inter Miami lacks with 12 titles of the African Champions League, and has just won his third consecutive league.

An ace called Messi

In front, Inter arrives with confidence after two win against Montreal (4-2) and Columbus Crew (5-1) in the MLs that buried a bad streak of results.

The picture trained by the Argentine Javier Mascherano has not always found the key this season, especially in defense, which has made him fit painful defeats such as the recent 0-3 in the Floridan derby against the Orlando.

But in times of doubt, you can always count on Messi.

The Rosario, about to turn 38, is still a competitive beast. He arrives entated after adding five goals and three assists in the last three League meetings, and usually participates in all the good of his team.

The eight -time Golden Ball will also want to claim one year after the World Cup in the United States, where he will try to revalidate the title with the Argentine National Team and become the first player in history to play six World Cups.

His former partners of Barça Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suárez, all born winners, will also be key to uploading the level of demand of a group with young promises such as the American Benjamin Cremaschi or the Venezuelan Telasco Telasco Segovia.

Before Al Ahly, in a stadium that will be painted from the pink color of Inter and where no followers of the ten will be missing, the locals cannot fail if they do not want to complicate the passage to the eighth.

In addition to the Egyptians, two hard bones are awaiting them in Group A: El Palmeiras and the FC Porto.