Club World Cup

[TheStig]

How is this not good if Barca doesn't have to play in this shit? It's amazing and our biggest advatage next season. Just hope Laporta doesn't send our team on some preseason tour when the CWC starts to compensate what we lost with not qualifying. Was there any news when our preseason starts yet?

 

[khaled_a_d]

No, but it will be in Eastern Asia.

 

[Porque]

How is this not good if Barca doesn't have to play in this shit? It's amazing and our biggest advatage next season. Just hope Laporta doesn't send our team on some preseason tour when the CWC starts to compensate what we lost with not qualifying. Was there any news when our preseason starts yet?

Not good for the players I mean. Especially those like Dembele who will do CL, WCW, next season and then WC.

 

[Windhook]

It's great from financial perspective, about 100m prize money reported for the winner, but the overload on players is concerning. I read recently Real Madrid plan to field their reserves, so it's not exactly the reputation Infantino desires to overshadow UEFA, Champions League and Ceferin.

Imagine Barca players participating in this Euro 2024, Olympics 2024, WCW 2025, WC 2026 non-stop football cycle.

 

[Maradona37]

Is anyone going to watch this?

Other confederations fans are very excited about it, but understandably with Europe being club football's epicentre by a country mile (and we can debate the rights and wrongs of this), the European sides likely see this as an inconvenience. Some might take it seriously. Others might play weaker squads.

It's clearly just about making money for FIFA. However, I still feel that as football, and as a prelude to the World Cup being played at some of the times and in some of the venues for next summer, it might be worth watching some of it.

I don't think it's worth staying up til 5 am on a weekday to watch a game, but games at 8pm BST or CEST on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night? Why not watch?

Might be worth giving it a go, if for no other reason than to see how the first ever CWC the size of a national teams' World Cup pans out.

 

[soul24rage]

Is anyone going to watch this?

Other confederations fans are very excited about it, but understandably with Europe being club football's epicentre by a country mile (and we can debate the rights and wrongs of this), the European sides likely see this as an inconvenience. Some might take it seriously. Others might play weaker squads.

It's clearly just about making money for FIFA. However, I still feel that as football, and as a prelude to the World Cup being played at some of the times and in some of the venues for next summer, it might be worth watching some of it.

I don't think it's worth staying up til 5 am on a weekday to watch a game, but games at 8pm BST or CEST on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night? Why not watch?

Might be worth giving it a go, if for no other reason than to see how the first ever CWC the size of a national teams' World Cup pans out.

I'm going to be seeing it as I'm excited to see South American clubs face off European clubs (and of course, Inter Miami as well although they are doing really terrible right now)

You don't see games like Inter Milan vs River Plate and Boca Jrs. vs Bayern often.