The Club World Cup takes on Real Madrid and Flamengo | Atalayar
The new edition of the FIFA Club World Cup is being held at the Ibn Batouta stadium in Tangier. A tournament that will see its format changed in the coming years, as the goal is to give almost equal importance to the World Cup, which consists of national selections.
for the moment In this edition, Real Madrid and Flamengo will meet in the final on Saturday, February 11. At 20:00 at the Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat.
The tournament begins with the eighth final, where Al Alhy and Oakland City will face each other to advance to the quarter-finals, where the Seattle Sounders await them. In that round, “Wydad Casablanca” and “Al-Hilal” will face “Flamengo” for a place in the semi-finals. It is in this round that Real Madrid will also enter and will play their matches at the same stadium in the capital of Morocco on the 8th day at 20:00.
Real Madrid will arrive in the middle of a hectic nine-week football period with matches every three days. They will face Liverpool, Atletico and Barcelona several times, including in the Copa del Rey.
Ancelotti has already said that the goal is to win games and not give minutes to players he doesn’t trust like Odriozola, Mariano or Hazard. Camavinga is an option until Carvajal recovers, although the club have only Benzema in attack as they have not passed the winter transfer window.
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Flamengo
Flamengo is the champion of the Libertadores and has a place in this tournament. They were also champions of the Brazilian Cup and increased the value of their players so that Europe would look up to them as usual.
The spectacle of the supposed final with the Spanish team will be to see Arturo Vidal, David Luiz, Felipe Luis, Everton or Giorgian de Arrascaeta again. in a match at the highest level.
The most expensive team in South America Portuguese Vitor Pereira coaches.
Wydad
One of the opponents of the Brazilian national team can be Wydad Casablanca. They come into the tournament as the African champions and the hosts of the tournament. It is the most successful club in Morocco, having won the last five championships.
The coach who led them to glory by winning the African Champions League was Walid Regragui, the current head coach of the Moroccan national team. With the Red Fort, he beat Al Ahly in the final and produced the likes of Zouhair El Moutaraji and Yahya Jabrane.
Seattle
The Seattle Sounders are the first American championship team to participate in the Club World Cup. They do so as CONCACAF Champions League champions after beating Mexico’s Pumas 3-0 in the final.
Brian Schmetzer’s team prepares in Marbella to avoid cold weather in Seattle. After playing in the World Cup, he will return home to start the new edition of MLS at the end of February.
Al Hilal
Al Hilal is the champion of the 2021 Asian Champions League, the 2022 tournament is not over yet and FIFA needed an Asian team to be there.
“Al Hilal” is a big rival of “Al Nassr” team, which Cristiano Ronaldo joined. The most successful club that the Portuguese will have to beat if he wants to make it big in other areas.
Messi, Benzema, Modric or Sergio Ramos are the stars that Saudi Arabia wants to attract. In this competition to reach the 2030 World Cup.
Auckland and Al-Ahly
Auckland City are the champions of Oceania. An unprofessional team, they come to Morocco reminiscing about their journey in 2014 when they lost to San Lorenzo and beat Cruz Azul to finish third.
The Dolphins of the African confederation are Al-Ahly, an Egyptian team based in Cairo. Their participation in this tournament is due to them playing in the final against Wydad and opening up a new place for another African team.
The team is fully competitive and its coach is Swiss national Marcel Koller. In 2006, they participated in this tournament and lost in the semi-finals to Internacional of Brazil, but they eliminated Club America to win the bronze medal.
