The World Football Federation (FIFA) has just confirmed that the winner of the CONCACAF Champions Cup will take home the region’s final ticket to the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Messi’s team, Inter Miami, is highly tipped to win the tournament.
The new version of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup with 32 clubs from around the world has the right to compete from June 15, 2025 to July 13, 2025. The CONCACAF region (4 teams) had 3 clubs present, including 2 Mexican teams, Monterrey and León, and Seattle Sounders FC (USA). These are the teams that won the CONCACAF Champions League in 2021, 2022 and 2023. From 2024, this tournament will be renamed the CONCACAF Champions Cup, with Messi’s Inter Miami participating for the first time and currently in the quarter-finals.
The CONCACAF Champions Cup quarter-finals will be played on April 3 and 4 (Vietnam time), with Inter Miami facing rival Monterrey at 7:00 am (April 4) at home in the first leg. The second leg will be played in the middle of next week (at 9:30 am on April 11) away from home.
If they make it to the semi-finals, Messi and his teammates will face the winner of Columbus Crew (USA) and Tigres UANL (Mexico). The remaining matches are two games between New England Revolution (USA) vs Club América (Mexico) and Herediano (Costa Rica) vs Pachuca (Mexico).
“According to the evaluations, Inter Miami with two famous players, Messi and Suarez, is considered the number one candidate to win the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup. However, Mexico’s rival will not easily allow its team, Mr. David Beckham, as president, to have a chance to win.
Club América is the defending champion of Liga MX (Mexico) and also leads this tournament in the 2024 season together with Monterrey. Tigres UANL has been the best team in Mexico for many years. While other American clubs, Columbus Crew and New England Revolution, also have championship ambitions. Therefore, Messi and Suárez will face a great challenge in the CONCACAF Champions Cup to help Inter Miami win the crown,” commented the newspaper AS (Spain).
Before the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarter-finals, Messi missed training on April 1. According to the American press, the famous Argentine player will probably have his first important training session in many weeks with his Inter Miami teammates on April 2. In addition, coach Tata Martino will also make a specific announcement about Messi’s condition before the match with Monterrey.
Inter Miami Club played without Messi in the last 3 games, a total of 4 games since the start of the season, only winning 1, losing 2 and drawing 1.
