Healthy crowds and Messi mania lift Club World Cup
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The FIFA Club World Cup is underway as 32 teams from across the globe battle it out in the U.S. in the new-look tournament.
It’s taken time for the Club World Cup to build brand awareness, but opening weekend drew huge crowds in Miami, NYC and Los Angeles.
But don’t tell Lionel Messi, who appeared to headbutt an opposition player in a fiery physical exchange in his side’s FIFA Club World Cup Opener. The world renowned attacker, who usually lets his football do the talking, let tempers flare as he locked heads with Al-Ahly opponent Yasser Ibrahim.
While FIFA is struggling to get fans to show up in the United States to the Club World Cup, the winning team won't care given how much they'll earn.
An Argentine not named Messi was the MVP for Inter Miami in the Club World Cup on Saturday night. The hero in the tournament opener was goaltender Oscar Ustari. Ustari made eight saves, including