The American team, the Concacaf champion, will face the winner of the match between the Egyptians and the New Zealanders, in a tie that will in turn decide the white team’s opponent in the semifinals
Real Madrid already knows its roadmap for the Club World Cup, which will take place in Morocco between February 1 and 11. The European champion will therefore have to wait for the result of two previous qualifiers to solve the mystery of his rival in the semi-finals of the tournament to solve. To open the match, Egypt’s Al Ahly, runner-up in Africa, takes on New Zealand’s ocean representative Auckland City.
The winner of this game, which will be played on February 1, will face the champion of the Concacaf Champions League, the Seattle Sounders from the United States, in the quarterfinals. The winner of this match, which will be played on February 4, will receive a spot in the semi-finals that already framed Madrid and will take place on February 8.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the table, Moroccan Wydad Casablanca, host and champion of the African continent, will take on Saudi Al Hilal, Asia’s best team last season, in the quarter-finals. The winner will compete against Brazil’s Flamengo, champion of the Copa Libertadores de América, for a spot in the final on February 11. The Rio de Janeiro team is a priori Real Madrid’s biggest obstacle to the title and has in its ranks such figures as the Chilean Arturo Vidal, the Uruguayan Giorgian de Arrascaeta or the Brazilian Pedro, international of the Canarinha at the World Cup in Qatar.
The Chamartin club is chasing its fifth World Cup club title in Morocco, which would put it even further afield at the top of a record it already dominates with trophies (2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018). The whites surpass Barça (3), Corinthians (2) and Bayern Munich (2) in the historical table and to this balance they add their three Intercontinental Cup titles (1960, 1998 and 2002), predecessors of the Club World Cup and who previously determined the official title of the best team in the world.
Source: La Verdad
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