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FIFA Club World Cup

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Ah, the Club World Cup. Should be the crowning achievement of a club to win it, yet nobody really seems to care...

Do you?

I... Sort of do? It's fun in principle, but I think the format holds it back a bit. One club from each confederation (plus one from the host nation) means that, 95% of the time, it'll be some South American club vs some European club in the final and the rest are just cannon fodder, unless a Mexican* side decides to punch above their weight and make it to the final. So, it just turns out to be the Intercontinental Cup anyway. :p

Anyway, it started a couple of days ago. You may have missed it, since basically only minnows were playing. Semifinals are set.

Dec 17 Auckland City (New Zealand) vs San Lorenzo (Argentina)
Dec 16 Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs Real Madrid

That Auckland/San Lorenzo match should be entertaining. Auckland are, quite literally, an amateur side, yet they've still managed to off two different African clubs. And now they get to play the champions of South America. lol

Exhibit A as to why nobody takes this competition seriously?

Cruz Azul vs Real Madrid should be a bit more interesting, although I doubt Real will send out their A team. Cruz Azul are a good side, but it's still Mexican footie.

*Yeah, technically CONCACAF, but every CONCACAF entrant to the CWC except one so far has been Mexican. Seriously.
 
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I think the continental European teams give it a lot of prestige.

I remember the FSW being gutted Liverpool lost in 2005 to Sao Paulo.
 
davek said:
I think the continental European teams give it a lot of prestige.

I remember the FSW being gutted Liverpool lost in 2005 to Sao Paulo.
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I'm sure it's a lot more entertaining when your club is in it, but it doesn't seem to have that appeal to neutral like Champions League does, you know?

Interesting bit about the continental clubs. I know the world champions patch on Bayern's kit this year is, well, fully on display.

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I quite like it.

Remember when Man United did their best to kill off the FA cup by playing in it in '99, it was an attempt to sweeten the FA's relationship with FIFA so England could host the 06 World Cup.

San Lorenzo bought Mario Yepres just for this competition.
 

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There's not much money in it is there?

That's probably why the European teams don't care.
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Winner gets $5 million USD in prize money, which isn't bad considering it's a small tournament. But I don't think it generates nearly the TV revenue that Champions League does.

Real fielding a pretty strong squad here. I wanted to at least see Cruz Azul to put up a fight, but uh... Yeah, that doesn't seem to be the case.
 
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