The Club World Cup has been beset by organisational challenges ahead of the first edition of the revamped 32-team tournament in the U.S.

Al Ahly comes out of Egypt having qualified after winning the CAF Champions League in 2020-21. This is the club’s 10th trip to the CWC, and fourth year in a row. Al Ahly has finished third in three of the last four tournaments.

The opening game of the FIFA Club World Cup is scheduled tongiht at Hard Rock Stadium featuring Inter Miami FC and global star Lionel Messi.

The Club World Cup will take Inter Miami from start-up to the global stage. Just five years after its MLS debut, the team co-owned by David Beckham and starring

Thirty-two clubs from around the world will compete in the Club World Cup, which begins Saturday night when Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami hosts Al Ahly, the champions of the Egyptian Premier League. Messi and Miami are +100 favorites on the three-way moneyline for Saturday’s curtain-raiser.

The FIFA Club World Cup opener was a scoreless draw, lacking a magical Lionel Messi moment in Miami Gardens, Florida.

The Club World Cup is still awaiting its first goal in group A after Palmeiras and Porto mirrored Al Ahly and Inter Miami’s result from the opening night by drawing 0-0. A night after Lionel Messi’s Miami were held by the Egyptian champions it was the turn of the team who have won the most titles in Brazil and one of Portugal’s leading clubs to play out a draw.

Manchester City will take on Moroccan side Wydad AC in their opening Group G fixture of the FIFA Club World Cup on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola’s side will be eager to begin the tournament with a victory.