The brand new club World Cup at 32 participants begins this Saturday with the Inter Miami match of Lionel Messi against the Egyptian club Al Ahly (6 p.m. in Florida, 2 a.m. in France, live free on Dazn). Clubs must give a provisional list of at least 26 players and Fluminense has formalized its group. Captain of the team, Thiago Silva, 40, will be a good meeting.
The former defender and captain of PSG (2012–2020), Septuple champion of France, five times winner of the Coupe de France and unhappy finalist of the Champions League in 2020, returned to his training club last year. “O Monstro” concluded his career in Seleçao with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and therefore has a last chance to play a big international tournament with this “CWC 25”.
The FLU, invited to the Club World Cup thanks to its coronation at the Copa Libertadores in 2023, is not one of the best teams in the Brazilian championship in recent years (13th in series in last year, 5th this season after 11 days). Maracana residents have few internationals.
Thiago Silva with two former Ligue 1
As a central hinge, Thiago Silva is accompanied by Juan Freytes, a 25 -year -old Argentinian player recruited in Peru. The Ganso attacking midfielder, now 35 years old, spent a few months by Amiens in 2019, ended his career there. The Otavio defensive midfielder, who passed through Bordeaux from 2017 to 2022, is one of the team leaders.
Fluminense, however, forms the least raised group of the first round, since Thiago Silva and his teammates will face Dortmund, the seeded of the Poule on Tuesday next week, the South Koreans of Ulsan HD, four days later, and finally, on June 25, the Mamelodi Sundowns, the champions of South Africa, sometimes nicknamed “the Brazilians” on their continent. This F group crosses with the E Composed of Inter, River Plate, Monterrey and the Urawa Red Diamonds.
