The Argentinian’s arrival in MLS, where he defends Inter Miami, fuels the creativity of continental football leaders. Now the proposal is a home run with the best teams in the region. The trophy generates a good memory in Chile, although today it also seems distant.
Lionel Messi’s presence at Inter Miami was a complete success. Economically and sportingly. On the first edge, the advantages that the American club have obtained are clear: they have become a team known all over the world and fans can be seen at all latitudes with their inimitable pink jersey. In the second, they also add: they will play the final of the Coupe des Ligues, with which La Puce will be able to increase its legend. If they win it, the trans-Andean player will add the 44th title of his prolific career, with which he will join Brazilian Dani Alves as the footballer with the most crowns. .
The arrival of the former Barcelona and PSG star has also fueled managerial creativity. It is a fact that everyone wants to see him, have him close or be associated with his image. And for this reason, the mechanisms are activated to make such an idea possible. For now, the leaders of Conmebol and CONCAF have a project in mind: to relaunch the Inter-American Cup, which had not taken place since 1998, when DC United won it against Vasco da Gama. .
The idea
Obviously in the format you need to enter the between miami . For this reason, the agreement between the confederations will modify the original format (a round-trip definition between the champions of the Copa Libertadores and the CONCACAF Champions Cup), for a home run in which they will participate, for the Conmebol, the monarchs of the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana, and by the organization that brings together the associations of North and Central America, the León de México, last champion of the Concachampions, and winner of the definition of the League Cup , who will play the Nashville and the squad in which the trans-Andean militates.
The Aztecs, by the way, accepted the idea . They did it in a rather peculiar way. They responded to the message on Twitter with which the Argentine sports newspaper Olé reported on the initiative. “Ok I accept “, they replied, adding an emoticon as a signature of a possible agreement.
The best memories
For Chilean football, the Interamerican Cup represents some of the best memories. Actually, It is the only international level club trophy that national teams have won twice . The 1992 version was taken by Colo Colo, who arrived as the previous season’s Copa Libertadores champions, having beaten Puebla, of Mexico, in the final. . In Aztec lands, Mirko Jozic’s team won with a comfortable 4-1, which they confirmed at the Monumental stadium with a solid 3-1 as well.
This Olympic round closed the most glorious cycle of the albos, since they also won the South American Cup Winners’ Cup, beating Cruzeiro in the penalty shootout of the match which was played in April of the same year, in Kobe, Japan.
Two years later, the one who raised it was the Catholic University . The crusaders arrived by another route: the American champion the previous season had been Sao Paulo, who had beaten the students in the final of the Copa Libertadores. However, the Brazilian team refused to compete for the trophy. In this situation, the Crusaders had to face Saprissa, from Costa Rica, and they did not miss the chance. Although they lost 3-1 in the first leg, they were unforgiving in the second leg: they won 5-1 at San Carlos de Apoquindo.
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