MADRID, HARMED?
The keys to the 'mess' of the Club World Cup: Format, teams, calendar...
It has already been confirmed that the 2022 Club World Cup will take place between February 1 and 11, in Morocco. Real Madrid, representative of UEFA, is the team that the 'Mundialito' affects the most
The FIFA has had to do malabares for the dispute of the World-wide of Clubs, that has not been able to celebrate in the month of December by the Glass of the World. It has confirmed that it will play between the 1 and 11 February 2023, but has not escaped of the controversy because still there is not cronograma confirmed and everything will be in the air until the last minute regarding the date of the parties.
It is worth it to remember that, before it change of format, in the Mundialito participate seven teams. With the winners of the respective tournaments of the confederations, will be in Morocco the Real Madrid (champion of the UEFA Champions League), Flamengo (winner of the CONMEBOL Glass Libertadores), Wydad Casablanca (champion of the CAF Champions League), To the Ahly (runner-up of the CAF Champions League and host), Seattle Sounders (winner of the CONCACAF Champions League), Auckland City (winner of the OFC Champions League) and To the Hilal (AFC), this last with asterisk.
And it is that it is worth it to remember that the Champions League Asian will have his final in the month of May of 2023 (by the crisis with the pandemia) and the FIFA asked to the AFC that proposed a team so that it went in in the dispute. It will be the To the Hilial, valid champion that is still in the current tournament.
Regarding the format, in the first round will see the faces To the Ahly and Auckland City. The victorious of the duel will happen to the second phase to go in to a draw with To the Hilal, Wydad Casablanca and Seattle Sounders, of the that will determine the draws. Posteriormente, will go in at stake the party by the fifth place between the two losers of the previous round.
For the semifinals, will incorporate the Real Madrid and Flamengo to confront to the winners of the second round. The clashes, again, will decide through a draw. Afterwards of the dispute, will come the parties by the third place and the final.
The wrap for the Real Madrid
From the newspaper 'Relief' do reference to that for the Real Madrid, to level of calendar, the World-wide of Clubs supposes an enormous problem. And it is that, although still there is not official date for the semifinals, is likely that was between the 7 and 9 February that the White House debut in the 'Mundialito'. According to the regulation, will have to be three days before in Morocco.
There it is when they begin the headaches for the entity madridista, because have the calendar of full parties in February. They will begin the month with the party postponed of League by the Supercopa. The 4 or 5 will confront to the Mallorca and the 12 is foreseen the crash against the Elche, also by the championship suspender belt.
The simplest road is to postpone the crash against him conjoint ilicitano, but does not be necessary to forget that, in the middle of the dispute of LaLiga, will be also the Glass of Rey (in this moment, semifinals). That is to say, if the Real Madrid advances in the toneo, would have to postpone this party. They can recover it the Wednesday 15/04, because they do not play in Champions League.