This Sunday, June 15, the kick -off of the first edition of the Club World Cup will be given. This new competition organized by FIFA will take place in the United States over a month, until July 13.
Unique representative of French football, Paris Saint-Germain has the unique opportunity to confirm its continental hegemony a few weeks after an unforgettable coronation in
Champions League. Luis Enrique's men could make a fantastic quintuplet in the event of a new title on the other side of the Atlantic.
PSG is the king of Europe.
It is therefore good with the favorite costume that the European and France champions approach this world of clubs. But as Kylian Mbappé pointed out during this international break: ” Paris becomes the team to beat“. And the competition will be tough to raise the trophy.
European cadors who want to dethrone PSG
The qualification system for this club World Cup applies from a scale calculated on the results obtained in the last 4 seasons, for the clubs of each Confederation. It is for this reason that big names in European football such as FC Barcelona, Liverpool or Arsenal will be absent.
Among the major European clubs on the starting line, we can find Atlético de Madrid in the pool of Paris Saint-Germain, with a highly anticipated first match, but also heavy goods vehicles like Real Madrid, Manchester City, Inter Milan or Bayern Munich. Juventus, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, FC Porto, Benfica and RB Salzburg complete the table of European qualified.
Kylian Mbappé and Real Madrid are ambitious.
Big clubs to (re) discover on all continents
The Conmebol zone will be as well stocked with the last 4 winners of the Copa Libertadores, all Brazilians: Botafogo (club held by John Textor that PSG will also face during this group phase), Flamengo, Fluminense and Palmeiras. A list to which the two Argentinian rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate is added.
African football will send 4 representatives on its side: the Egyptians of Al Ahly, the Moroccans of Wac Casablanca, the Tunisians of Sports Hope of Tunis and the South Africans of
Mamelodi Sundowns. The Asian continent will be embodied by a single club in Saudi Arabia, Al-Hilal, accompanied by the Japanese of Urawa Red Diamonds, the Emiratis of Al-Aïn and the South Koreans of Ulsan. Host country of the tournament, the US will not be outdone with the presence of the Inter Miami of Lionel Messi, Los Angeles FC of the French Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud and Seattle Sounders, another opponent of PSG. The CF Pachucha and the Tigres de Monterrey, two Mexican clubs, accompany these American franchises. Finally, the Oceanian continent will be represented by the New Zealand club of Auckland City.
