Real Madrid met their opponents this morning in the draw for the Club World Cup, which will be held in Morocco in February, with Tangiers and Rabat as the two stadiums. The Whites will play their first match on February 8th in the semi-finals, where they will face the winner of the match between Seattle Sounders of the United States and the winner of the preliminary stage match between Al-Masry Al-Hay and Auckland City of New Zealand. At the other end of the table is the tournament’s other favorite, Flamengo.
Real Madrid won this tournament four times in its current format and three more times when it was the Intercontinental Cup, which was held in one match between the European Cup winner and the Libertadores.
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Sunday, February 12th
The final match of this edition of the Club World Cup will be held on Sunday 12 February. On the side of the draw other than Real Madrid, Flamengo will play the semi-finals on February 7 against the winner of the match between Wydad Casablanca and Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia. Flamengo is the most famous club in Rio de Janeiro and one of the most important and important clubs in Brazil, the club from which Madrid signed Vinicius. Two seasons ago he had already played in the Club World Cup final and lost it with Liverpool.
Emilio Butragueno, Director of Institutional Relations at Real Madrid, expressed his appreciation for the draw that took place in Sale (Morocco) in the presence of Gianni Infantino, FIFA President: “It is always a pleasure to play in this competition, because to be there you have to win. In the Champions League first, a great success we achieved last season, the important thing is that we are in good shape and we can count on all the players because of the difficult schedule, and we can compete against anyone who has a great ability to succeed. We are looking forward to that, as he said: “Football has achieved Great balance and everyone has great defensive ability. As an individual we have an advantage. The important thing is that the team plays in the World Cup finals,” he said.
And Noureddine Naybet, the most capped Moroccan player who played eight seasons at Deportivo in their greatest moments of glory when it was Super Deporte, pulled the balls out of the draw. Al-Naybet, who is also a former player in Wydad Casablanca, commented that the favorite to win the tournament is Real Madrid.
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