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Reunion in Atlanta: Messi & Co. set for PSG showdown at Club World Cup

Miami qualifies for last 16 of Club World Cup as Group A runners-up
Published 24 Jun, 2025 06:13pm
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Luis Enrique, with their children, celebrate at the end of the match/Reuters
Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Luis Enrique, with their children, celebrate at the end of the match/Reuters

Lionel Messi will lead a quartet of former Barcelona players into a meeting with their former coach Luis Enrique when Inter Miami face European champions Paris St Germain in the last 16 of the Club World Cup in Atlanta on Sunday.

Messi, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez all played under Luis Enrique in Spain, and were in the side who knocked PSG out of the Champions League last 16 in the 2016-17 season.

Miami qualified for the last 16 of the Club World Cup as Group A runners-up with a 2-2 draw against Palmeiras on Monday.

PSG have certainly moved on from their traumatic Champions League exit in 2017, when they won the first leg in Paris 4-0 but were thrashed 6-1 in the return match in Barcelona.

The French side claimed their first Champions League title this season in a campaign masterminded by Luis Enrique, but Messi and Co. will be eager to cause another upset.

Suarez showed that at 38-year-old he still has the game to score on the big stage, notching Miami’s second in their draw with Palmeiras.

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