INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The newly expanded FIFA Club World Cup 2025 officially kicked off today across stadiums in the United States, bringing together 32 of the
world’s top club teams for the first time in a month-long battle for global supremacy.
The tournament’s first full matchday features
three highly anticipated clashes, with European giants and South American powerhouses all in action.
First up were Al Ahly FC and Inter
Miami – which turned out to be an action-packed opening showpiece that ended in a 0-0 draw at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
While all
eyes pre-match were on Lionel Messi, it was the goalkeepers who starred for both clubs.
Speaking after the match was Javier Mascherano,
Inter Miami head coach, who said: “We were much better than them, we moved a lot in transition and controlled the game and we had chances
to score and win the game
Football is like that, maybe in the first half they had some chances too
Obviously we wanted to win because we know how important it is to start with a win, but I’m happy with the platform.”
Jose Riveiro, Al
Ahly head coach meanwhile said: “It’s a football game, a game of mistakes
We had a decent amount of chances in the first half to put the game in a different space and we put them in a hurry
In the second half we were defending a little lower than what we wanted and then we had some problems in transition with controlling our
It’s like we were playing in Cairo and that was a surprise for me in my first official match with Al Ahly
To be here in the States and have it like you were playing at home is something that can probably only happen in this.”
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