Before the FIFA Club World Cup existed, European and South American teams played the Intercontinental Cup. This cup was played between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores. Since 2000, FIFA organizes a tournament that includes teams from every continent. Anyways, the winners have been always European and South American teams. One could think that European teams have a wide advantage above American teams, but in history, some examples have proven those opinions wrong.
The FIFA Club World Cup has been played 10 times; 4 of the competition winners are Brazilian teams, while the other 6 are European teams.
In 2012, Chelsea won their first Champions. At the end of the year, they went to Japan with the expectation of winning their first Club World Cup. The result was not highly expected, and several football analysts were proven wrong when the Brazilian Corinthians won 1-0. Chelsea had excellent players, including Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, John Terry, and Petr Cech. Anyways, Chelsea was unable to win the Final.
So the question we ask ourselves is whether the Cruz Azul or maybe the San Lorenzo are capable of defeating Real Madrid. Could we see another Corinthians-Chelsea result? Probably not. Real Madrid has showed in the last matches how they can beat heavily other teams. In my personal opinion, they have the most impressive team since the last decades. They have strong, precise, intelligent players; even some the substitutes could be considered “cracks.”
Marco Fabián, a Cruz Azul striker, said after their victory against Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday that football is played between two teams with eleven players each, and everything could happen. Other aspects could affect the game of Real Madrid. For example, the heavy rains that have fallen in Morocco could damage the development of the game, making more difficult the creation of opportunities and goals.
The beauty of football is that anything could happen. Obviously, probability plays a part in the definition of a match, but Real Madrid would need to do their best to defeat highly motivated teams like the Cruz Azul or San Lorenzo.
Article contributed by: Eduardo
Twitter: @Edu_Lobl
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In 2012, Chelsea won their first Champions. At the end of the year, they went to Japan with the expectation of winning their first Club World Cup. The result was not highly expected, and several football analysts were proven wrong when the Brazilian Corinthians won 1-0. Chelsea had excellent players, including Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, John Terry, and Petr Cech. Anyways, Chelsea was unable to win the Final.
So the question we ask ourselves is whether the Cruz Azul or maybe the San Lorenzo are capable of defeating Real Madrid. Could we see another Corinthians-Chelsea result? Probably not. Real Madrid has showed in the last matches how they can beat heavily other teams. In my personal opinion, they have the most impressive team since the last decades. They have strong, precise, intelligent players; even some the substitutes could be considered “cracks.”
Marco Fabián, a Cruz Azul striker, said after their victory against Western Sydney Wanderers on Saturday that football is played between two teams with eleven players each, and everything could happen. Other aspects could affect the game of Real Madrid. For example, the heavy rains that have fallen in Morocco could damage the development of the game, making more difficult the creation of opportunities and goals.
The beauty of football is that anything could happen. Obviously, probability plays a part in the definition of a match, but Real Madrid would need to do their best to defeat highly motivated teams like the Cruz Azul or San Lorenzo.
Article contributed by: Eduardo
Twitter: @Edu_Lobl
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I hope the Real Madrid will accomplish a great tournament. They have a great team and I would really like to see them rising the trophy.