Palmeiras President: We came to Abu Dhabi to win the Club World Cup

Laila Pereira, president of the Brazilian club Palmeiras, said that her team seeks to win the final match against Chelsea and win the Club World Cup title for the first time in its history.

She considered what the club had achieved in the tournament so far, an achievement that the club's fans should be proud of.

Tomorrow Palmeiras will meet Chelsea in the final of the Club World Cup "UAE 2021" in the match hosted by Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Al Jazira Club at the end of the competitions of the eighteenth edition of the championship, which started on February 3 with the participation of 7 teams.

The president of the Brazilian club, who assumed responsibility for managing her club in September 2021, was keen to hold a mini-meeting with the Brazilian media in Abu Dhabi, before the upcoming confrontation tomorrow.

And she confirmed: We came to Abu Dhabi to win the Club World Cup.

Leila Pereira (57 years) refused to ascribe to herself the merit of her team's qualification to the Club World Cup final, or to consider what her team achieved by reaching the final as an achievement for the club's management that assumes its responsibility, but considered it a continuation of the work of the previous club administrations.

And she said: "Access to the World Cup final is neither the beginning of a stage nor the end of another, it is a continuation of the work of previous administrations, I was elected president of Palmeiras to continue the work of the previous administration, I have always been on the side of the administration of the "former" president Galliot, so our goal is to develop every day by working Constant hard work, humility, and standing on firm ground.

Leila is one of the largest investors in Brazil, runs 11 companies in Sao Paulo, and has been known for years with her love for Palmeiras Club and has been its biggest supporter in recent years. A man since the founding of the club in 1914. The president of Palmeiras Club indicated her confidence in her team's ability to achieve this world title for the first time in the history of her club, regardless of the fact that the opponent is Chelsea, which has the theoretical advantage, and therefore did not follow its last match against Al Hilal in the half The final, through which he qualified to face Palmeiras in the final.

And she said: “In all honesty, I did not watch the Chelsea match, simply because whatever the name of the opponent is, it cannot be underestimated, whether Chelsea or others. It will be a very difficult match."

The president of Palmeiras FC considered that the Chelsea team has the advantage over her team in their upcoming confrontation tomorrow, Saturday, and said, "Certainly the preference is in the interest of Chelsea, Palmeiras is in Abu Dhabi to fight as hard as possible to win the title and restore the cup to Brazil, I am sure that our fans are proud to be here. ".

Neither Brazilian nor South American clubs have achieved the Club World Cup title 10 years ago, specifically from 2012, when the Brazilian Corinthians team won the cup after defeating Chelsea in the final 1-0.

This is Palmeiras' second participation in the Club World Cup as a representative of the South American continent for the second time in a row, as he opened his record of participation in the tournament only in 2020, when he won the Copa Libertadores title for the second time in its history.

It is noteworthy that Leila Pereira had refused to come to Abu Dhabi with her team, because she did not distract her players, and preferred to come on her private plane to Abu Dhabi before facing Al-Ahly of Egypt in the semi-finals, in the match that Palmeiras won with two goals to nothing.

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