One of the hosts of the Club World Cup - Inter Miami, will have an extremely difficult task in the 1/16-finals, after the draw pitted them against the favorite in the tournament PSG.

Parisians finished first in Group B, where the other two teams - Botafogo and Atletico Madrid, also had 6 points. Inter Miami remained second in the standings, although they also had the same number - 5 points, with Palmeiras.

So in the next phase we will see a clash between Palmeiras and Botafogo, as well as between Lionel Messi and his former team PSG. For Parisians, he recorded 32 goals and 35 assists within 75 matches.

However, the two sides did not part on good terms, with fans accusing the legend of not giving enough at Parc des Princes and failing to bring home the coveted Champions League trophy.

The tension between the two sides at the beginning of 2023 was so great that the club even refused to organize a celebration for Messi in Paris on the occasion of winning the World Cup. It is another matter that France was defeated in the final.

Historically, however, PSG is among Messi's comfortable opponents. He has scored 6 goals and provided an assist in his ten matches for Barcelona against the Parisians. He has 4 wins and 3 draws and losses.

Now the 1/8 final is scheduled for June 29, and Messi has not faced PSG since the beginning of 2021, when the Parisians continued after a tough win in Barcelona and a 1:1 in Paris. So 1572 days will have passed between the two. |BGNES