Messi is the conductive thread of the Club World Cup. There is no figure that concentrates in such a way all the current phases of football. The new one, which represents Inter Miami; and the classic, of which he is a favorite son. That is why it is so important for the tournament, which begins to take shape and identity, a good performance of '10', whose direct fault goal against Porto, which practically classifies Americans for rooms, was celebrated. Not only in the stadium, but also at the FIFA headquarters.
The US bet for the 'soccer' does not exist as such. Actually, it is the world of football trying to sneak into the most lucrative entertainment industry. That is, the perfect symbiosis between popular sport and a business model that, at the expense of denaturing part of the football essence, achieves its maximum performance. That is why Messi is the most natural encounter in the two worlds, with Inter Miami as a paradigm.
“This is historical for the club”
It is the club that has best understood the MLS and its potential, with Jorge Mas and José Mas, two high -level executives, along with David Beckham, the first that the football business in the US advanced. A country that is already positioned to also host the 2029 Club World Cup when the present has not even advanced. “They are the ones that have the most first level infrastructure and the ones who pujan,” says a source familiar with the award of a tournament that wants to impose their own story.
The narrative around Messi is fundamental. It appears in all advertising claims and their shirts are the only ones that sneak into sports stores next to those of the brand new Florida Panthers, who just proclaimed champions, for the second consecutive year, of the ice hockey stanley cup. The Argentine has even transferred the expectations of the most optimistic with an effervescent project.
“There was confidence and optimism, but qualifying would overcome all statistics. Being here was already historical for the club. Winning a European as Porto … It is a real milestone. Classify in a group where the Portuguese team was and the palmeiras is to break any roof,” says a source that is in the day to day of a club to which Messi's shot throughout the squad took away the syndrome.
The Argentine elevates the demand of the 'soccer'
His classification was very controversial, even in the US. Inter Miami is in the Club World Cup after occupying a place reserved for the host country that achieved through the SHIELD Supporters that rewards the most regular team of the MLS. An icon of the US selection such as Alexi Lalas criticized what he considered as an arbitrary gesture. After the triumph of Inter Miami, he had no choice but to surrender to the evidence in the special coverage that is being carried out by the Gold Cup, which is disputed simultaneously, and where the selection that Pochettino directs has the obligation to win.
Despite Mexico and any other team that can stand up to the US, where Messi and Inter Miami have put the bar as high as possible. “You came to the Club World Cup to enjoy, learn and compete, but it has put itself very face,” they say from a franchise that, precisely, it has become modern football franchise with the greatest active emblem of the usual football. A Messi who after winning the World Cup in Qatar had already reached eternity, but has returned for a last dance.
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