The spectacle Gianni Infantino promised to kick off the tournament didn’t quite come to pass, and it took a little while for Inter Miami to get their campaign up and running against Al Ahly. Lionel Messi‘s men were nowhere for 45 minutes,

Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano will have to make changes in defense, with center backs David Martínez and Gonzalo Luján still injured. Midfielders David Ruiz and Yannick Bright remain out as well.

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