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The final of the club World Cup as a show act with Trump
After four tournament weeks, the club world champion is chosen in the 63rd game. Everything speaks for Paris Saint-Germain in the final against Chelsea. And for the fact that it becomes a typical American show act.
Until shortly before the grand finale, the winning trophy coated with 24 carat gold for the first football club world champion in the new mega format is still exhibited for everyone in the heart of New York. But of course not somewhere in Manhattan, but in the Trump Tower. It is almost the final sign of the close connection between FIFA President Gianni Infantino (55) and US President Donald Trump (79).
There are no visitor snakes in the entrance area of the high -rise on the 5th Avenue. But there are holiday groups and football fans who stand up for a selfie in front of the trophy weighing more than 20 kilograms. This was designed by the New York luxury jeweler “Tiffany”. The brand’s most famous business is located right next to the Trump Tower.
PSG a step from history
And Donald Trump will be the most prominent spectator in the nearby and almost 80,000 people on Sunday (9:00 p.m./Sat.1 and DAZN) when Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain can crown his super summer against FC Chelsea, as is expected with the win of the first club World Cup in the XXL version.
“We are in the final. And that means a lot. We are a step away from creating something in terms of history for Paris,” said Luis Enrique. The trainer is the master builder of a new, rousing PSG ensemble. A team that harmonizes lustfully and as a unit on the soccer field.
Trump: “I’ll come to the game”
PSG only rolled out 2-0 in the USA on the last two stages of his path in the USA with 2-0 and then in the Real Madrid semi -finals at 4-0. And Enrique wants to continue to “win silverware”, that is, trophies. Although there is another asset that drives the Spaniard extremely. “We want to offer the fans a good show with our football,” he said.
The most powerful man in the world will also be part of the final show. “I’ll go to the game,” Trump announced this week. It is his next visit to a large sporting event. At the beginning of the year, he was the first US president at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. The Philadelphia Eagles won the football title against the Kansas City Chiefs.
Trump’s appearance gives Infantino’s new favorite project, which is inflated to 32 participants and 63 games, in which prize money is released of $ 1 billion, the upgrade hoped for by the FIFA boss.
Robbie Williams and three other stars
British pop star Robbie Williams, football fan and music ambassador to FIFA, will sing the World Cup anthem “Desire” (wish) before the kick-off. The 51-year-old appeared at the opening game on June 14th in Miami.
As with all major sporting events in the USA, there is also a pompous half-time show with three music stars. Latin-Pop singer J Balvin, rapper Doja Cat and the Afropop interpreter Tems appear, as it became known in advance. For Infantino this is “a historical moment”.
The FIFA boss converts the US president, where he can. The narrow gangs he ties up should be able to use the World Association for the first World Cup with 48 national teams, which will take place in Canada, Mexico and mainly in the United States in one year. Even then, the final will take place on July 19, 2026 in the stadium of the New York Giants and New York Jets in New Jersey.
Trump’s travel limits for certain countries are a serious problem for the “right” World Cup with many more international fans. It is important to enable deals with the often unpredictable dealmaker Trump.
The President’s deals
“We brought fans from all over the world, that is, 168 countries,” said Infantino. 2.5 million viewers came to the stadiums at the club World Cup. US Vice President JD Vance was in Cincinnati at the game of Borussia Dortmund against Ulsan HD. In the group phase, there are sometimes only a few visitors in the stands. Heat, early kick-off times on site for the TV primetime in Europe, plus unattractive teams and initially completely overpriced tickets ensured a slow tournament start.
After all, the narrow gang between Infantino and Trump also shows that not only the World Cup trophy was presented in the Trump Tower. FIFA now also has an office there. “FIFA is a global organization. And to be global, you also have to be local. You have to be everywhere. And we therefore have to be present in New York,” said Infantino. Present as a tenant at Trump.
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