He Club World Cupwhich has begun to be celebrated in USA With an irregular acceptance by football fans, a minority in the Bars and Star Countrymore given to follow the sports kings there (Baseball, American football, NBA and ice hockey)whose seasons are given the relief, intelligently and wisely throughout the year, a tremendous contradiction lives that, perhaps, has not been reflected before public opinion. The summary would be that FIFA opted for Donald Trump And, now, he suffers the consequence of their decisions, those of both, of course.
Against the excellent public entries in the opening party where the PSGrecent winner of the Championsand the Atlético (80,619 spectators in a stadium for 100,000) or the first appearance of Leo Messi with his discreet Miami team (60,927 spectators in an enclosure for 65,326), the truth is that there have been and there will be more than discreet, almost testimonial, such as Stable-Seattlewith 'alone' 30,151 spectators in a stadium for 68,740) or the Palmeiras-Portoparty in which FIFA announced, on the gigantic TV screens, with a QR discounts of up to 20% for the next two meetings. In this last meeting, between Brazilians and Portuguese, two communities very present in NY, there were 46,275 spectators in the stadium of the stadium of the Jets y Giants (NFL)of the 'Great Apple', with capacity for 82,500 fans.
Mamelodi fans celebrate the triumph of their team in the Club World Cup. / Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP
‘The Athletic’prestigious sports section of the The New York Timesexplains that the great European clubs suggested, asked, never demanded, to the FIFA To place the big games in the biggest stadiums “To maximize the image of the tournament”. The authentic reality is that the tickets that began selling to 349 dollars They have simply sold for 58 dollars, Well, the price is changing depending on the demand.
Fear of 'La Migra'
The situation, at some points, such as Los Angelesprecisely organizer of the Next Olympic Games and next Soccer World Cup, together with Mexico and Canadatwo faced countries, now, President Donald Trump, has fired the alarm among the organizers of this first world club competition. The reason is none other than the massive audience of football in the USA, preferably from South American countries, is very scared and, for the moment, it refuses to mass the stadiums in mass for fear that, at the exit of the enclosure, once the game is finished, 'La Migra'nickname created by Mexicans and extended throughout the US to refer to the U.S.Border Patrol and other departments that control (and pursue) immigration, act and stop people people want and come up.
The Customs Office and Border Protection of the United States (United States Customs and Border Protection, CBP) He went up to Facebook and, shortly after, he went down, after FIFA's criticism, a statement that assured that “They were prepared and willing” to offer security in the matches of the first phase of the World Cup. Due to the response of the citizenship, it does not seem that the CBP Crebility is, at the moment, given the persecution that the US president has launched against immigrants, large.
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