The Club World Cup begins this Saturday in the US with new format and record awards that are intended to shake global football.
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Despite the concern for the shy sale of tickets and the accumulated fatigue of the players, the renewed version of the FIFA Club World Cup promises to open attraction chapters during this summer in the United States.
These are five keys to keep in mind the tournament that gives a four -year reign to the champion and distributes one billion dollars in prizes:
Messi is reunited with the elite
Accustomed to rubbing with the best in the world when he went through FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Lionel Messi has spent the last two seasons in the Inter Miami of the MLS, and the Club World Cup will give him the opportunity to face European rivals again.
The 37 -year -old Argentine star still has a supreme quality, but there are doubts about whether he and the old elite stars such as Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets can compete along with the cream and cream of modern football.
Inter Miami will face Portuguese Porto in Atlanta in its second group stage, a team that Messi already won with Barça in the UEFA Super Cup in 2011.
The 10 also played against the dragões in a friendly in 2003, his debut with the club culé at age 16.
If Messi marks in the tournament, he would become the most veteran scorer in the history of the Club World Cup, while both he and Suarez are two goals from the top historical scorer of the competition, nothing less than Cristiano Ronaldo, absent in the United States.
A new stage for Doué
The win-Germain Paris win in the UEFA Champions League final against Inter Milan (5-0) was encouraged by the skilled extreme Désiré Doué, who turned 20 years ago.
His spectacular irruption in recent months makes him one of the players to follow this summer at the Club World Cup.
He scored two goals and gave an assistance in the final against Inter, and was compared to the young Spanish promise Lamine Yamal, who did not qualify for the World Cup with Barcelona.
The first PSG game against Atlético de Madrid at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena gives Doué a new scenario to shine, while the world continues to discover its immense talent.
A renewed City
The Manchester City of the DT Pep Guardiola had a loose season for their expectations and quickly went to the special signing window to reinforce its workforce for the World Cup.
The club has already invested more than 100 million pounds (136 million dollars) at three arrivals: the Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, the Algerian defense Rayan Ait-Nouri and the French midfielder Rayan Cheki.
With Rodri, the head of the midfield, already recovered after an injury, the City hopes to significantly raise his game.
Cherki, just 21 years old, is a promising talent that seeks to demonstrate its quality at the highest level.
“I firmly believe that it can become a world -class player with our support and direction,” said Hugo Viana, sports director of the City.
South American threat
While the European elite arrives at the contest at the end of an extensive and demanding season, the South American clubs are presented in the middle of their campaigns and hungry for competition.
For a long time, intercontinental duels have revered much more than European teams, as it is an almost unique opportunity to measure themselves in front of the best teams in the world.
As champions of the last six editions of the Copa Libertadores, Botafogo, Flamengo, Palmeiras and Fluminense are a step higher in South America and will try to measure the European hegemony of Brazilian football in front of Europeans.
Among the South American clubs, the brand new acquisition of Real Madrid, the Argentine midfielder of River Plate, Franco Mastantuono, who will join the meringues after the tournament will be seen.
A similar case is that of striker Estêvão, who leaves Chelsea and hopes to culminate his stage in the Palmeiras with a brooch of gold.
Ansias for Atlético
Atlético de Madrid ended the season without titles despite seeming to look like an aspiring potential in Spain and Europe.
“I hope we can advance in the Club World Cup and take Atlético de Madrid to a privileged position,” said his DT Diego Simeone.
Atlético has not won any trophy since the League raised in 2021 and its last success outside Spanish football arrived in 2018, with the Europa League and the European Super Cup.
Their elimination at the hands of Real Madrid in the Champions League after the annulment of the controversial penalty for double touch to Julián Álvarez plunged them into a descending spiral, which only managed to leave in the last days of the season, when their chances of success had already vanished.
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