Club World Cup marks 'new era' for football: FIFA boss

MIAMI, June 13 (AFP): FIFA president Gianni Infantino says the Club World Cup, which kicks off on Saturday, marks a historic "new era" for the game, comparing it to the first World Cup held in 1930.

In an interview with AFP, Infantino also took aim at critics of FIFA's ticketing policy and said that skeptics who had questioned the need for the tournament would quickly change their minds.

The 32-team competition, with clubs from all continents, gets under way with Inter Miami facing Egyptian club Al Ahly at Hard Rock Stadium.

"It starts a new era of football, a new era of club football. A little bit like when, in 1930, the first World Cup, right, started," Infantino told the news agency.