Thread 149242855

>16/06

Chelsea 2 - 0 LAFC
Boca 2 - 2 Benfica
Flamengo 2 - 0 Esperance


>17/06

Borussia - Fluminense
River - Urawa Red Diamonds
Ulsan HD - Mamelodi Sundowns
Monterrey - Internazionale

Honestly, pretty kino so far

>>149242855 (OP)
what is the madrid one saying

>>149243259
RIP You died in Madrid 09/12/18

Is from River fans to Boca

Can't wait to lose tomorrow against uwawa wed diawonds

>>149242855 (OP)
Tomorrow's (Tuesday) schedule, lads. All high potential for kino. What are your predictions for this match day?

> Flu 2 - 1 Dortmund
> River 3 - 1 Urawa
> Ulsan 0 - 0 Sundowns (slurpkino)
> Monterrey 0 - 2 Inter

>FIFA staff based in Miami wanted the 2025 Club World Cup to “lean more heavily on smaller MLS stadiums, particularly for games that may involve teams who are unfamiliar to the U.S. market,” according to sources cited by Adam Crafton of THE ATHLETIC. Their thesis was that “hot-ticket events could boost revenues,” while FIFA would “also avoid empty seats in the first edition of a remodelled tournament.” Yet, senior officials in FIFA’s European office wanted the Cup to be “the biggest and the best.” FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s ambition “was reflected with the choice of stadiums,” as eight of the 12 venues have capacities in excess of 65,000 and only 12 of the 64 games “will be played in MLS-dedicated venues.” This leaves “modest fixtures in huge stadiums.”

Should be stated that I'm pretty sure that there would be smaller attendance in like the UK but smaller stadiums so it wouldn't look so bad

>>149242855 (OP)
Can we skip to the quarter finals with all the European teams? We already know South America teams are shit after two days

>>149244262
Infantino is Trump

Can the Blue Lock team win?

>>149243412
Ulsan - Sundowns is going to have 40 guys in attendance.
The 20 most SOVLFVLL guys you will ever see + 20 youtubers "documenting the least attended game EVER ?!?!?"

>0 goals
The semen slurping group

>>149245079

Very much so, indeed.

>>149245356
The match is being played in Orlando. I don't think it has a very strong South African or Korean community. They could've played this in the west coast

>>149244262
FIFA is retarded and corrupt, they are very lucky attendance numbers have been OK so far. Had they used some smaller venues for some matches and cheaper tickets, they would have way more packed stadiums. The fact that DAZN is letting you watch for free is already a good strategy, they should do more of that

Top 4 CWC games so far:

1- Boca 2 - 2 Benfica

2- Palmeiras 0 - 0 Porto

3- Botafogo 2 - 1 Seattle Sounders

4- Inter Miami 0 - 0 Al-Ahly

>>149246567
Same level teams give the best games to no surprise of anyone

>>149245356
I can already see and hear the Maqwell/Zealandism videos on this match so clearly

>>149246556
>cheaper tickets
Guess the 4 bucks + coupon for a free McChicken worked in the end.
>The fact that DAZN is letting you watch for free is already a good strategy
It's not a "strategy", it's that nobody else wanted to pay what FIFA was asking for the broadcasting rights and in the end only DAZN remained.

>>149246567
Meh, the Miami Ahly one was kinda shit actually. But I agree with the rest, I'd sub in the Flamengo Esperance game

>>149242855 (OP)
Reminder that fluminense is a small club. Relegated to the third division they were on the verge of bankrupticy until a healthcare company headed by a fluminense fan became a sponsor.

I have a big penis.

>tfw you can pretend to be a cocky Doofmund shareholder and rake in easy (Yous)
Ayo, >Schalke bros, its too easy

>>149246657
Donate it to the museum

>>149246634
Sounds extremely based actually, gonna root for them even more now

Ulsan HD - Mamaqui Sundowns is unironically more exciting to me than any game involving sudacas playing as if their shithole is going to get annihilated by aliens if they dont win

>>149246634
Maybe thats right but reminder that no one in Europe knows what Fluminense is or cares about that piece of information you just shared. And that applies regardless of today's results

>>149242855 (OP)
Fluminense

>>149243364
No shame in losing to anime, brother, just so long as your lads don't embarrass you by acting like monkeys on the pitch and in the stands.

ulsan high definition will shock the world

All jokes aside, on a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you South Americans care about this tournament?

>>149247140
For the fans of the clubs who are actually playing in this, 10 easily. This is everything for them.

For the rest, between 4 and 7. It's summer footy so I can't complain

what are some bad arguments against the CWC and how do you refute them?

for example, fatigue

FIFA didn't add any matchdays for this tournament and are perfectly entitled to use their matchdays however they want. Why do you blame the last competition added for players' fatigue? That's like 5 guys pushing a car trying to getting in to go, another guy comes along and helps and the car starts and then saying the car starting is entirely caused by this superhuman guy who pushed the car all by himself. The CWC doesn't even do most of the heavy lifting or pushing in this analogy. The PL is 38 games and the CL is 15/17 games. They contribute way more to player fatigue.

>>149247678
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nujxVKr_QKw&pp=0gcJCdQJAYcqIYzv

Every bad argument has already been refuted

>>149242855 (OP)
Only 1 gol wasnt scored by a sudaca

>>149246594
13:00-15:00 local kick-off is another huge reason.
>having to take one of your 7 days off per year to watch Full HD playing against Sunscreen.

>>149247933
AsmonTOLD

>>149246573
I assure you most would tell you before the tournament that the best match in the group phase would be PSG- Atlético, 2 of the top UEFA teams.

>>149245016
I mean, you can if you want :)

>>149247678
>player fatigue
This tournament is replacing the Confederations Cup in the calendar. Some player would had played in the summer anyway

>we all now the all best teams are in Europe, there's no need to have a cup with thirdies
Should domestic cups only have teams from the 1st division? Should the UCL only have teams from the Top 5 Leagues?
It is a world cup, teams from all the world should participate. In every competition there are teams better than others.

>it has no history and it is all artificial
well duh, it is a new tournament. Only time will tell, depending on how seriously the top teams treat this cup if the CWC tracks with the casual fan. And for the artificial thing, that's football nowadays. Every tournament is just about money. You can't compete if you aren't owned by some transnational rich company.

>the champions from England, Spain and Italy aren't in the cup
Yeah, that was very bad luck.
For logistics reasons, you have to understand that you couldn't have teams qualying for this kind of tournament just 1 month before it starts.
Some things FIFA could do is
-make it in the winter: but every league calendar would be fucked so I don't think it is a good idea
-increase the limit per country: if it was 3 per country instead of 2, Barcelona and Liverpoll would be in here
-the most recent tournament having more weight than old ones

We're due for an upset, so give Red Diamonds all your energy

>>149248149
I like you, anon.

Would you personally remove the two cap limit for Europe and then judge teams only one the last 2 European campaigns?

>logistics
I don't like these reasons and shan't believe them

>>149248149
>increase the limit
Nah, there's already too much bloat. two FA teams is fine, although it should have been Arsenal and Villa based on the latest confederational championship performance, not historical confederational titles going back four years in Chelsea's case, or Liverpool based on domestic success.

>>149248278
>based on the latest confederational championship performance, not historical confederational titles going back four years in Chelsea's case, or Liverpool based on domestic success
but why is this fair? just because you happened to have a stand out season in the year leading up to the cwc you deserve to play at it?

what about the last 2 years instead of 4?

i agree chelsea shouldn't have been there based on winning the 5th last cl though

>>149248266
they got 70k against newcastle last season or something though

>>149248405
>just because you happened to have a stand out season in the year leading up to the cwc you deserve to play at it?
Sure. Better than questioning why a team is there because they had a standout performance years ago.
>what about the last 2 years instead of 4?
I wouldn't mind seeing CWC become a tournament every two years. If a team declines because of fatigue or prior engagements, FIFA can always just ask the next best team.
You could also qualify teams by taking the single best performing FA team in the UCL from the the year of the CWC (e.g. Arsenal this year), plus the single best performing FA team in the UCL the previous year when there wasn't a CWC (e.g. Man City last year).

>>149248852
It should be the 12 teams with the best UEFA coefficient over the four years, no country restrictions

>>149248266
how many supporters chelsea has anyway? 5 million? 10 max?

>>149248232
You know what? I kinda like the best in a 4 years period in a way. It rewards teams that have consistently good result. Like Barcelona who were out in the group stages 2 years, now have consecuences. With any system you gain some teams and lose others. In the current one you risk having teams that have been getting worse over the years. But if you give the spot to the best in the last season you risk letting out teams that had an off year.

Maybe I wouldn't give an automatic spot to the continental champions. Winning that already gives them a place in the next champions league, super cup and intercontinental. I think that's enough.

>>149251559
>Maybe I wouldn't give an automatic spot to the continental champions
Yeah it should be done on coefficient

>>149242855 (OP)
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Japanese fans seem to have great supporters. They sang and did choreography the whole 90 minutes. The only comparable fanbase so far has been that Boca Junior team and the Brazilian teams. What other teams do we think we have strong support from their fans?

>>149257532
Mexicans (Monterrey and Pachuca) and Morrocans (Wydad)

>>149257583
Pachuca not at all. It is a small city an although very succesful in the last 25 years, isn't really a traditional team

>>149257532
Tukish, Moroccan and Greek fans are good too.

fucking inter

fucked my bet

>>149257583
rayados yes, pachuca no way lol
atlas (small, localized team) filled their stadium in a league final

>>149242855 (OP)
Well, that concludes this matchday! Some slop, some kino, 7/10

Tomorrow's (Wednesday) games. Honestly this is the worst day so far, only the Pachuca Salzburg game looks interesting. Nonetheless, what are your predictions?

>Citeh 3 - 1 Wydad
>Real 4 - 1 Al Hilal
>Pachuca 3 - 2 Salzburg
>Al Ain 0 - 3 Juventus

>>149257462
I liked the kino Seattle skyline at sunset. Add it

CONMEkeks and UEFAsisters, we got too cocky only worrying about each other...

MTYBROS WE DID IT

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Forgot pic

>>149246634
>until a healthcare company headed by a fluminense fan became a sponsor
that's beyond based

>>149243412
Vey good on River - Urawa's

By the way the classification system works, we are going to be having shit like memeland city at every single cup.

>>149266242
Uefa shitters do 8-0 in some swedish team every year but i dont see people complaining

>>149266242
I think everybody in the world should have a shot, but the way I see it, they should just merge all Asia and Oceania. Makes no sense. There are professional teams in Australia and NZ but they choose to play against the Asian teams, if the teams that play in the league from Oceania are amateurs, they shouldn't be a part of the competition.

>>149266444
I think its important for oceania to have these spots because they really need the money more than anyone else, if anything i would actually let them have 2 spots to stop any team there from just being their bayern

>>149242855 (OP)
>/CWC/
Don't call anybody!

>>149266501
But they have professional teams anon, they just chose to play in the Asian League because outside of Australia and NZ the competition is dogshit. If a team from NZ like the one competing now got richer and became professional, it'll probably just quit the Oceania league and join Asia.

>>149247678
also the brazilian clubs have state leagues but i never see anyone from brazil complaining about extra club world cup matches

eurobros, our new cope?

Neggar fucked the Seleção Brasileira FOREVER.

>>149266535
Tbf we do complain about our ridiculous calendar alot, all teams need to have atleast 2 different squads to save up for injuries

I'm expecting something like this today. I originally had Bernardo and Ruben Dias in there but they just finished playing Nations League so they probably need a rest, same with Gvardiol. and then I also had Gundogan starting because Pep probably will do that but thought fuck it, it's Wydad. Would also not be surprised to see Stones or Akanji instead of Khusanov

>Only sudacas give a shit about this meme competition

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

no one cares

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>>149266540
>too hot, too cold, very humid, not humid enough, high altitude, the barometric pressure is not right, too sunny, jet lag, not enough crowd in the stands, most fans are from the other team, all at the same time
>none of them care. even if uefa players are the best paid in the world and are all millionaires for kicking a ball, you are fine with them not acting like professionals
>the fact that the team that looked the best was the one that had the best season is just a strange coincidence
>this is the end of the season so they can't perform just right. forget the fact that the world cup started since the beginning of organized football and it was never an issue playing in the summer, it is now
>it happened that all of the uefa clubs right now are the worst version of in the history of their teams

What are the odds for an /rmug/ today?

Like a number close to infinity right?

>>149242855 (OP)
Maybe wrong place to ask, but what are the good kit rep sites now? I want to get a good quality Fluminense Thiago Silva kit for <30 euro

>>149270486
Bump, I also want to know

Where would they even put the 2029 club world cup?

>>149270486
I wanted to buy a jersey directly from Argentina but taxes were stupidly high

>>149270486
amazon? or something like mercadolibre but for yuros?

so, no one bumping?

>>149270138
1-1

>>149266517
KEK i can't believe i didn't notice

come oooon ranchuca

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>>149276866
/rmug/ it is