Healthy crowds and Messi mania lift Club World Cup
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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.
The FIFA Club World Cup kicked off tonight, with Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets, and Luis Suarez's Inter Miami failing to go beyond a goalless draw against Egyptian side Al Ahly from Cairo. It wasn't