The president of FIFA, who especially sought the creation of this tournament, said he will mark “a new era” and compared it to the 1930 World Cup. “Everyone will talk about this contest,” he said.
He Club World Cup It is undoubtedly the event of the year on the planet soccer. There will be 32 teams that, since this Saturday, start this reverse tournament that will be the major objective of each of them. For Gianni InfantinoPresident of the FIFAthe competition will mark a “new era” and compared it with a particular contest that became a milestone in the history of the ball.
“This tournament will mark a new era in football, especially in the clubs, as the first World Cup was in 1930. Today everyone talks about that first time, and now the same thing happens, so it is historical,” said the top leader of football in dialogue with the AFP agency on the competition that he sought to create and that materialized in this new format that defended by cape and sword.
The Club World Cup will be launched this Saturday from the 21st in Argentina with the duel between Inter Miamiwith Lionel Messiand the Al-Ahly of Egypt. 32 teams from all continents will participate, including Mouth and Riverin addition to giants such as real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSG and Manchester City.
Despite the comparison, Infantino made a difference between what happened 95 years ago in Uruguay and the club’s appointment. While that time only countries in Europe and South America intervened, now they will do all the continents. “We want to be inclusive,” he said.
In that sense, motivation lies in “globalizing football”, according to their vision, since it is the most important sport in the world, but with an elite concentrated in few clubs from few countries.
Players from 80 countries will develop in the United States, including some nations that have never participated in a World Cup.
“I am convinced that the ball begins to roll, the whole world will notice what happens is something special,” Forest Praise.
FIFA criticism for prices
The head of the Zurich -based agency also echoed some oppositions regarding the value of the tickets of the Club World Cup, which adopted a controversial system of variation according to the importance and interest and that generated a low demand.
In this regard, the Swiss leader showed his obfuscation and said that “FIFA criticizes it if prices are high and also if they are low.” As he defended, the economic success of the tournament lies in the US $ 1 billion contract with the Dazn television network.
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