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The
Club World Cup
has arrived without time, agitated by a
football
calendar that waits for no one and hastened by the neglect of their rulers, unable to
order the competitions
so that
Tangier
and
Rabat
celebrate the tournament in all its splendor.
The two cities of
Morocco
, which still sing and dance in their streets due to the success of their country in
Qatar
, are hosting the champion clubs of the football planet these days.
Supposedly, because
they are not all who are
nor are they all who are.
It is the result of having announced the dates and venue only a month and a half ago.
The only novelty will be an
arbitration experiment
, the '
live VAR
': the match official will explain his decisions to the public, both in the stadium and to television viewers, and not only to the footballers.
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Drafting: ABRAHAM P. ROMERO (Special envoy) Rabat (Morocco)
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Due to the
domino effect
of the World Cup, in Morocco there are the
European Champions League (UEFA)
and
the Copa Libertadores
(
CONMEBOL
), the important ones for FIFA,
Real Madrid
and
Flamengo;
CONCACAF
Champions League champion
Seattle
Sounders
, the first club from the
United States
to participate in a Club World Cup;
or the winner of the
Oceania Champions
League (OFC),
Auckland City.
But the champion of the
Asian Champions will not be there
, whose current edition is still in the round of 16.
They have not been able to accelerate nor have they waited for them.
And the result has been a fix that keeps the relations of the new football firm.
Al
Hilal from Saudi Arabia
, the 2021 Asian champion who already played in the last Club World Cup, received an invitation from FIFA.
In their first match, they eliminated the
Moroccan Wydad
,
African champion
who did not act as such, but represented the
host country
and left the African position, also by FIFA choice, for the Egyptian
Al-Ahly ,
CAF
runner -up
and today's rival from Madrid.
That is to say, neither the executioner of Flamengo, who has given the great surprise of the tournament, nor the rival of Madrid are the 2022 champions of their confederation.
"Here are the best in the world," insisted Infantino, FIFA president, at the draw celebration.
How much money does the winner get?
Madrid and each of the participants will receive
one million dollars
for being in Morocco, a figure that will increase according to what they achieve in the tournament.
The champion will take 5
and the runner-up, 4. The calendar weighs more than money, especially for whites.
The Spanish Federation has had to move the
semifinals of the Copa del Rey
(Real Madrid-Barça and Osasuna-Athletic), scheduled for the first weeks of February, to the first week of March and April.
A movement that leaves the players of the white team with
games every three days
almost until mid-April, counting on the national team break.
The only moderately calm week will be that of March 6, in which they will only play the weekend game against
Espanyol
.
If they win the Champions League round of 16 against Liverpool, they would not have a rest during the week until May.
The future 'Super World Cup'
The return to Morocco, however, gives off a certain joyful past.
In the Arab country,
the whites won in 2014
and will act as '
locals
' looking for their eighth world crown: three Intercontinentals and four Mundialitos.
They have only lost two:
Peñarol
in 1966 and
Boca Juniors
in 2000. Although in a
possible final
against
Al Hilal
the support will be more even, even unfavorable for the whites.
Thousands of Saudis who filled the stands yesterday (60,000 people) live in Africa and have traveled to Africa together with the sad Brazilians from Flamengo, and who hope to repeat against Madrid, with
tickets from 20 euros
and endless queues of up to
70,000 people
at the virtual box office.
On the horizon, the new '
Club Super World Cup
' planned for
June 2025
.
FIFA wants to include 32 teams and although the slots by confederation have not yet been decided, the idea is that the last four or five winners of the main competitions of the six confederations will participate, waiting to see how the rest of the fields are filled. participants.
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