Messi targets shock Inter Miami win over PSG

Lionel Messi will travel all out to relief Inter Miami salvage a shock rob over his faded membership, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), within the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup round of 16 match on the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, United States, on Sunday.

This marks the foremost time in his trophy-laden profession that Messi will play against a faded membership. The Argentine forward is expected to be extremely motivated to rep one over PSG.

All the design in which thru his time at PSG, Messi scored 32 objectives and equipped 35 assists in 75 appearances. Nevertheless, things didn’t fairly travel as expected. Despite taking part in alongside superstars look after Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, the personnel lacked concord and functioned extra look after a crew of folk than a unified squad.

Messi spent two seasons at PSG after becoming a member of within the summertime of 2021, but his stint did now not raise the expected results—most notably the elusive UEFA Champions League title. His departure in 2023 became once marked by disappointment and stress, in conjunction with a public fallout and challenge for his family in settling in Paris.

Consequently, there’s no cherish lost between Messi and PSG, and the faded Barcelona superstar would undoubtedly appreciate the opportunity to humble the reigning Ligue 1 champions.

A Struggle of Friends

This fixture would possibly well presumably additionally be dubbed “A Struggle of Friends,” with Messi field to face faded teammates equivalent to Achraf Hakimi, Ousmane Dembele, Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Marquinhos—now key gamers for PSG.

While technically a superior, the stakes are excessive. Both PSG and Inter Miami will pull out the complete stops to salvage a quarter-closing label on the continuing FIFA Club World Cup.

Messi, Busquets, Suarez, Alba: A Golden Quartet

Inter Miami now boasts an spectacular quartet—Messi, Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets—who like obtained nearly every foremost honour at both membership and worldwide levels.

The four had been a part of Barcelona’s golden expertise, securing extra than one titles in conjunction with La Liga, Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, Spanish Immense Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup.

Internationally, Messi has obtained both the FIFA World Cup and Copa The United States with Argentina; Suarez has a Copa The United States title with Uruguay; whereas Busquets and Alba had been a part of Spain’s golden expertise that obtained the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup.

Interestingly, the quartet had been additionally instrumental in Barcelona’s essential 2017 “Remontada” against PSG—one of the well-known dramatic nights in Champions League historical previous—when Barca overturned a 4–0 first-leg deficit by thrashing PSG 6–1 on the Camp Nou.

Now sporting recent colours, Messi and his longtime allies are making an try to jot down one other chapter in soccer historical previous—this time, on the expense of their weak French rivals.