Paradox of the destination or whim of the classification system to the new format of this planetary tournament, four champions will not attend the Club World Tournament
The first Club World Cup (From June 14 to July 13 in the United States) it is presented for several clubs European (such as Real Madrid, Juventus, Inter, Manchester City and Chelsea) as the occasion to close a more or less disappointing season.
Paradox of the destination or whim of the classification system to the new format of this planetary tournament, four of the best European leagues will not attend the Club World Cup: Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​Naples and Sporting.
Only PSG and Bayern Munich, ultra -fed in their respective championships, will arrive at the tournament where the best clubs in the world will be supposed to be Ligue 1 and Bundesliga winners, respectively.
This also means that some of the stars that have shone with their teams this season, such as Mohamed Salah, Lamine Yamal or Raphinha, will not be in the United States.
First champion of the history of the tournament
For several of the participants in Europe, the Club World Cup is presented as the occasion to claim. Real Madrid, for example, closed the course without major titles (achieved the European Super Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup), which ended up costing the post to its coach Carlo Ancelotti, replaced by Xabi Alonso already in the United States.
The White Club, which has already taken history as the first European champion in 1956 and the former Intercontinental Cup, will seek to write a new gold page, so the entity faces the tournament “with pride and with the maximum illusion to make our millions of fans for everyone with a new title.”
Atlético de Madrid also did not make a good season; Outside the fight for the Premier, Chelsea formed a minor tournament, the Conference League, while Manchester City finished the blank season.
In addition, Inter will arrive after letting the triplet escape in the final stretch of the season, after losing the 'Scudetto' on the last day and with the historic win (5-0) embedded in the Champions League final against the PSG; Juventus and Dortmund achieved in Extremis the ticket for the next Champions League; Benfica and Porto were surpassed by Sporting; Even the RB Salzburg could not recover the crown in Austria in front of the Sturm Graz.
An accumulation of disappointments for these teams that will be difficult to compensate with a good performance in the Club World Cup.
Two clubs per country maximum
The participation of these clubs is the result of the particular classification system for this renovated World Clubs, in which the results of the Champions Produce in the last four years (the four champions of the 2021-2024 period and the eight best classified in the FIFA ranking, with a maximum of two teams per country.
This problem has a difficult solution. The last European champion could be counted, but for obvious reasons for organization, FIFA cannot wait to meet him just 15 days after his tournament.
Taking into account the results of the domestic leagues could also be misleading, since Naples, for example, did not play any European competition this year, which could 'focus' on the series A.
Another possibility would be that FIFA is saved in the manga some invitation, but then subjective criteria would come into play and the instance would have difficulty explaining why it invites one team and not another.
It has already happened to invite Inter de Miami de Leo Messi as representative of the host country … despite the fact that the Florida team did not even win the MLS.
Money issue
Remove the limit of two clubs from the same country could cause a powerful championship, such as the English Premier League to monopolize a good number of places, as has happened with the Brazilian, present in the United States with four teams (of six representatives of Conmebol): Palmeiras, Botafogo, Flamengo and Fluminense as winners of the Copa Libertadores.
FIFA is presented with a dilemma to solve in the next editions, since the absence of some great clubs remains attractive to the tournament.
And in the end, as recognized by the Gianni Infantino football pattern in 2016 to justify the new tournament, everything is reduced to a matter of money: “We have to make a more interesting World Cup for teams and for fans around the world. That will attract more sponsors and more televisions.”
