There is a lot of excited pop at the club World Cup in the USA. Other tones would have been announced on Sunday afternoon. Chopin’s “Marche Funèbre”, for example, a worn, tragically sounding, dark piece that is often played during funerals. The manageable ambitions of Inter Miami were worn on Sunday. The club, which has gained a global awareness through the radiance of Lionel Messi and-due to Messi-was invited to the World Cup by the World Football Association President Gianni Infantino, suffered a disastrous 0: 4 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain. PSG meets the winner of the encounter between FC Bayern and Flamengo from Rio de Janeiro in the quarterfinals.
As soon as the game was kicked off, PSG already called “Rien ne va plus”. The superiority was so manifest that Messi looked down to the ground as it was in the 2: 8 of FC Barcelona against FC Bayern. João Neves scored twice (6th/39th), Tomás Aviles hit his own network (44th), in the added time of the first half, Achraf Hakimi scored the 4-0. After that, there must have been a kind of interest from Inter Miami.
The communication channels for this were very short. Inter had five employees with them at the Champions League final of Berlin in 2015 under today’s PSG coach Luis Enrique: In addition to Messi, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Luis Suárez and Inter-coach Javier Mascherano.
In any case, PSG drove down the revolutions in the second half – and Messi had the opportunity to shine a few times. Among other things, through a lupfer on the visibly aged Luis Suárez, who miserably awarded from a short distance. “PSG had no opponent in the Champions League final (against Inter Milan). It is a great team with a great coach,” said Mascherano: “PSG was an avalanche in the first half.”
Messi wants to play the 2026 World Cup – and not move again
Despite the sobering defeat, those responsible at the Inter Miami club headquarters in the town of Coral Gables Humidor and Zigarrenschneider have a grip. It is assumed that a Havana can soon be lit-as today’s co-chair Xavi Asensi did, when Messi said on June 7, 2023, to hire at Inter Miami.
Negotiations on a new contract are said very far. Tones can also be heard from the Messi camp that suggest that a larger catastrophe would have to happen to prevent contract extension.
According to the sources, two reasons are said to have been decisive for Messi. The ratio of Messi and club owner David Beckham is considered to be in need of improvement. On his old days, Messi does not want to move with sack and pack and three children again. And he wants to play the World Cup that takes place in North America. Defending champion Argentina has built its own football school in Florida.
For Inter Miami, a contract extension would be a blessing: In the coming year, the club wants to open the new stadium currently under construction. In addition, Inter is certain through Messi global attention. She is far from being interested in arousing the other franchises of the US Profiliga MLS. Inter Miami’s bright pink -colored jersey achieves better sales figures than the shirt of the traditional Italian team Juventus Turin. Unlike Inter Miami and in addition to FC Bayern Munich, Manchester United, FC Liverpool and Real Madrid, the “old lady” is one of the top 5 partners of the sporting goods tailor Adidas from Herzogenaurach.
