We are starting to get to the heart of the matter to the Club World Cup. While the group phase will soon give way to the direct elimination phase, the competition will take a new scale without many clubs which were not necessarily attractive to see playing. Better still, the first qualified was revealed this Monday evening. In group B, it is Botafogo and PSG which will be there in the final 8th. Easy winner of Seattle (2-0), the capital's club even granted first place, because Atlético de Madrid won against Botafogo (1-0).
A first place which therefore allows PSG to face the second in group A which is none other than … Inter Miami. After a precious success against Porto in the previous match, the band at Lionel Messi was drawn (2-2) that night against Palmeiras, leader of his group. Ironically, Lionel Messi will now find his former club in the round of 16. A reunion which promised to be special while the octuple Ballon d'Or had not hesitated to send several spikes to the capital's club since its departure in Florida.
PSG players happy to find Lionel Messi
Indeed, author of two years quite satisfactory individually in Paris, Lionel Messi was the last symbol of the bling-bling recruitment of the club of the capital in the past. However, the Pulga has never really acclimatized on the banks of the Seine. Always in love with FC Barcelona and a Catalonia that lacked him ardently, Messi never hid that he had not liked his passage to Paris: “As I said at the time, my passage to PSG was not something I wanted. I didn't want to leave Barcelona and it happened overnight.Remarks that had crinked teeth and to which Messi added that he really did not feel at ease in Paris. All these outings have necessarily created tensions within PSG supporters, who are looking forward to being unclogged on the field with Lionel Messi this Sunday at 6 p.m.
A necessarily special reunion in the Parisian locker room where several players attended Messi during his visit between 2021 and 2023. Asked this Monday on a possible match against his former teammate, Gianluigi Donnarumma had not been praised on his illustrious elder: “Léo Messi? Maybe yes (we will find him, editor's note). He's a great friend. He's the best player in the world. We had the chance to play with him. It was 2 fantastic years but the team must win.Internally, finding the Inter Miami of Lionel Messi in the round of 16 aroused general optimism according to information from RMC Sport. According to our colleagues, several players, who learned the name of their future opponent on the plane, even rejoice in this confrontation in front of one of the best players in the history of football.
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