Other - Rest of the World Club World Cup 2025

[Kamal]

Vue are showing one of the games. Assume it's the opener?



EDIT: They're also showing Flamengo vs Chelsea and Juventus vs Man City

 

[OUFCGav]

That's the exact money that FIFA were wanting for the TV Rights! Luckily for FIFA the country that wanted to host the World Cup was on hand to invest that exact amount in a company wanting to show the tournament when FIFA were struggling to get TV deals done.

What an amazing coincidence.

Some people just have all the luck ;-)

 

[Marked Ox]

Fifa Club World Cup: How Saudi Arabia is underpinning the tournament

A detailed look at the figures behind the Fifa Club World Cup, and how investment from Saudi Arabia appears to be underpinning the tournament.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Foley]

That is far too sensible!

The super majority have to suffer for a minority of clubs.

And they are trying to fiddle it so that the best players are all in the tournament

 

[Oxford57]

No interest in it at all, totally a complete waste of time

 

[werthersoriginal]

No interest in it at all, totally a complete waste of time

I can’t think of anything more tedious. Only possible amusement might be a team walking out after getting attitude from Trump’s goons

 

[Marked Ox]

It'll be great when they expand the tournament to 48 teams as is rumoured.

 

[Northstandboy]

Struggling to sell tickets, which they ended up almost giving away. Just under 61k in the end witnessed the 0-0 draw.

 

[yellowbow]

It'll be great when they expand the tournament to 48 teams as is rumoured.

It seems to me that FIFA, and in particular Gianni Infantino, want to kill grass roots domestic leagues. They see the future as a relatively small group of elite teams travelling the world playing each other in front of a lucrative tv audience.

Incidentally, has anyone seen Rollerball? (The decent version with James Caan)

 

[holdsteady]

It seems to me that FIFA, and in particular Gianni Infantino, want to kill grass roots domestic leagues. They see the future as a relatively small group of elite teams travelling the world playing each other in front of a lucrative tv audience.

Incidentally, has anyone seen Rollerball? (The decent version with James Caan)

I suppose from a worldwide perspective what is exciting about domestic football?

But we all know the truth is that nothing beats it for tension, excitement and feeling involved, week in, week out, like a life time running, real life soap opera. But this is trying to package football for a casual, worldwide audience that dips in and out but pays premium prices to do so.

All FIFA has to do for the good of the game and to make money is to organise a four yearly 32 team World Cup and its qualifiers, seems a cushy number to me but instead it’s going to try and take over the world and a fair chance it destroys the football we love.

 

[Marked Ox]

I suppose from a worldwide perspective what is exciting about domestic football?

But we all know the truth is that nothing beats it for tension, excitement and feeling involved, week in, week out, like a life time running, real life soap opera. But this is trying to package football for a casual, worldwide audience that dips in and out but pays premium prices to do so.

All FIFA has to do for the good of the game and to make money is to organise a four yearly 32 team World Cup and its qualifiers, seems a cushy number to me but instead it’s going to try and take over the world and a fair chance it destroys the football we love.

I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if European clubs and the players told them to do one on that. Players are already kicking up with reports on game limits for them, 4 week breaks etc. Cutting the FA Cup and Lg Cup won't do it.

 

[Mike_H]

It seems to me that FIFA, and in particular Gianni Infantino, want to kill grass roots domestic leagues. They see the future as a relatively small group of elite teams travelling the world playing each other in front of a lucrative tv audience.

Incidentally, has anyone seen Rollerball? (The decent version with James Caan)

Is that the version that came out approx 1975 about the same time as Jaws? I remember sneaking out of school one afternoon that year to see it at the local cinema.

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

Opens with a 0-0.

 

[werthersoriginal]

I suppose from a worldwide perspective what is exciting about domestic football?

But we all know the truth is that nothing beats it for tension, excitement and feeling involved, week in, week out, like a life time running, real life soap opera. But this is trying to package football for a casual, worldwide audience that dips in and out but pays premium prices to do so.

All FIFA has to do for the good of the game and to make money is to organise a four yearly 32 team World Cup and its qualifiers, seems a cushy number to me but instead it’s going to try and take over the world and a fair chance it destroys the football we love.

I often say it’s like a soap opera or rather an ongoing drama with an episode every week. For me it only really works if I go to nearly all the (home) games, seeing the odd game just isn’t the same.

 

[SSO]

I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if European clubs and the players told them to do one on that. Players are already kicking up with reports on game limits for them, 4 week breaks etc. Cutting the FA Cup and Lg Cup won't do it.

Top teams rest players for cup games and anyway it’s 5 subs these days not 3 or 1 as it was in the early 80’s.

The problem is with managers flogging half fit or tired players to death and then blaming the fixture lists which are difficult if you have success. Players are getting injured because they are athletes first and football players second. Athletes in elite sports need rest.

Guardiola has absolutely caned KdB these last 3 or 4 years and bled him dry. Always trying to put the best 11 on the pitch does come back to bite in the end.

 

[vcool]

This competition is something that only care about money.

Don't care about players fitness and their recovery times.

In the past, June - July scheduled we know only for Euro and World Cup. Now they want make sure when No Euro or World Cup, let's make another Tournament...we need make sure to get money.

In the end players will be busy, regular league matches, Domestic league Cup matches, International duties. And every year will only have short times for recovery / rest after league finish.

 

[Emilio]

What a joke of a competition

 

[SSO]

It seems to me that FIFA, and in particular Gianni Infantino, want to kill grass roots domestic leagues. They see the future as a relatively small group of elite teams travelling the world playing each other in front of a lucrative tv audience.

Incidentally, has anyone seen Rollerball? (The decent version with James Caan)

JON-A-THAN !!!
JON-A-THAN !!!

 

[Marked Ox]

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What a joke of a competition

I agree about the competition but at least part time Auckland City won a competition to qualify unlike plenty of sides in the European competitions.

 

[Emilio]

I agree about the competition but at least part time Auckland City won a competition to qualify unlike plenty of sides in the European competitions.

Agreed. The added irony that the "Champions League" consists of teams that finished way behind their domestic league champions (and I'm not referring to Spurs, as at least they were champions of the Europa League).

EDIT - My new proposal for the "Champions League" qualification. English football gets allocated 3 spots, going to the champions of their 3 most prestigious tournaments:

1) Winner of the Premier League
2) Winner of the FA Cup
3) Winner of the League Cup.

If 2 of those are won by the same side, the winner of the next most prestigious competition is given a place - the winner of the Championship.

If all 3 are won by the same club, the winner of League One is also assigned a place.

A true "Champions League".

 

[SteMerritt]

Well it is 6-0 at half time.

Pointless.

 

[vcool]

Well it is 6-0 at half time.

Pointless.

They still playing Thomas Müller till the last moment. Well maybe they will use this moment to seal the deal with some of MLS club who have interest for contract him.

 

[holdsteady]

I agree about the competition but at least part time Auckland City won a competition to qualify unlike plenty of sides in the European competitions.

Yeah but the competition they won to get into it is below the SPL in standard. Although the prize money for entering this will probably mean they win that competition for ever more.

It’s hard to have a world competition when one or two conferences have so many of the best sides I suppose, the old game between European and South American champions was sufficient, this is like the champions league extending qualification to conference south/north level.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

I am really not sure how a part time side being beaten by 8 or 9 by a multi multi million pro side playing at a stroll really entertains anyone. I am mostly watching the England U21's - not a brilliant game but at least it is competitive.

 

[boogaloo]

10-0 in the end, and to think that Infantino is thinking of extending this from 32 to 48 clubs. It's great for your stats nerds, but entertaining football it most certainly is not.

Even where tier 6 teams meet the likes of Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal etc they put up more of a fight than this. It's frankly embarrassing

 

[tonyw]

I agree about the competition but at least part time Auckland City won a competition to qualify unlike plenty of sides in the European competitions.

Yeah, the fact that Red Bull Salzburg are involved is.......something.

A side that has made it to the last 16 of the Champions League once in the past decade (maybe once in their history, although I lacked the energy to go back further than that), who finished 34th out of 36 teams in this season's Champions League group phase and didn't even win the Austrian league!

I know it's because they wanted 12 European teams, but also wanted a 2 teams-per-country rule (for Europe at least).

But if you're going to cram this competition into the football calendar, wouldn't you at least want to pretend that it's a tournament between the best clubs from each continent? Having teams like Salzburg instead of Barcelona or Liverpool kind of makes a mockery out of any suggestion that it's meritocratic, and makes it feel even more like the world's longest ever, worst timed preseason friendly tourney.

 

[QR]

Yeah, the fact that Red Bull Salzburg are involved is.......something.

A side that has made it to the last 16 of the Champions League once in the past decade (maybe once in their history, although I lacked the energy to go back further than that), who finished 34th out of 36 teams in this season's Champions League group phase and didn't even win the Austrian league!

I know it's because they wanted 12 European teams, but also wanted a 2 teams-per-country rule (for Europe at least).

But if you're going to cram this competition into the football calendar, wouldn't you at least want to pretend that it's a tournament between the best clubs from each continent? Having teams like Salzburg instead of Barcelona or Liverpool kind of makes a mockery out of any suggestion that it's meritocratic, and makes it feel even more like the world's longest ever, worst timed preseason friendly tourney.

Yeah, but if your don't share it about a bit isn't it just the premiership++.

It's a way of making even more money for FIFA Watch it if you're bored or do your own thing.

 

[Northstandboy]

Bayern 10:0 Auckland….

 

[Steve Gilbert]

Bayern 10:0 Auckland….

And FIFA wonder why people aren’t interested in this competition and think it’s a bit of a joke…

 

[Northstandboy]

I’m just watching the PSG v A Madrid game, they announce each player one by one and the player then enters the pitch…..

Inflating so mega egos and takes bloody AGES!