Of the many, many contentions around the Club World Cup, few have quite matched the qualification process for one team in particular. Joining a field of continental champions and some of the best performing teams from around the planet is a side who have never won their domestic league nor a top-level international trophy in their brief history.

Despite a hard-fought battle at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, neither team found the back of the net through 99 minutes of play.

Trezeguet missed a penalty in the first half of play, Lionel Messi's free kick evaded the wall in the second half but was just slightly wide, and the Argentine saw a late chance of his saved off the ...