Look at the Fluminense players who played in the Club World Cup

Fluminense debuts at the World Cup on December 18th and will be able to face Al-Ittihad, Auckland City or Al-Ahly; The opponent is yet to be defined

Fluminense will play the new Club World Cup format for the first time, but the team has players who have already played in the FIFA competition. Felipe Melo, Marcelo, Paulo Henrique Ganso and Germán Cano are, coincidentally, the most experienced athletes on the team and can give more peace of mind to the other participants in the dispute.

Marcelo

Marcelo is undoubtedly the most experienced player in the team that played in the Club World Cup and also the Brazilian who has won the most in the tournament. The full-back wrote the history of Real Madrid and won the World Cup four times (2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018).

– It’s different. Here’s another stop. I was on that side. If you win, it’s important and all that. But that’s how it is, she has lost her “globalization”, as they call it. It’s life or death here. If you win the World Cup it’s totally different. The people there take it seriously. We will fight too. But the mentality is different – said Marcello.

Even playing as a full-back, Marcelo has always stood out for his ability to present himself on the offensive pitch. This has made the Brazilian a surprise weapon for Real, where he has racked up good numbers of goals and assists. Now they have the chance to lift the trophy for the fifth time, but now for their “favorite club”, like them

Philip Melo

At 40, defender Felipe Melo participated in the 2021 Club World Cup, but the player wants to leave him aside because the result was not as expected. At the time, the player was playing for Palmeiras and lost in the semi-finals against Tigres and against Al-Ahly, possible opponents of the Tricolor, on penalties in the dispute for third place.

German Cano

Many don’t remember, but Cano also played in the Club World Cup. The Argentine defended Pachuca, from Mexico. He was a reserve of that team that ended up defeated in the semi-final by Grêmio. Cano came into extra time in that match, in the 105th minute, he played until the end of extra time, but was unable to avoid the 1–0 defeat. The Argentine was also called up for the quarter-finals, where Pachuca beat Wydad Casablanca 1 to 0, and the third place match, where the Mexicans beat Al Jazira 4 to 1. However, he did not played in both matches.

Paolo Henrique Ganso

The Italian number 10 also had experience in the competition and was at the beginning of his career. In 2011, when he belonged to Santos. At the time, Ganso was one of the stars of Brazilian football and was experiencing the best moment of his career. The midfielder was not called up for the 2010 World Cup and wanted to make history with Santos.

Santos was confident of winning the Conmebol Libertadores title. However, the Juventus players had to face Barcelona, ​​​​one of the greatest teams of all time, and could not resist the pressure. Barça suffered a historic 4-0 defeat in the Club World Cup final.

In addition to them, left back Jorge participated in the 2021 Club World Cup, when Chelsea beat Palmeiras 2-1: the player was in Alviverde’s team in the final, but was not used in the final by Abel Ferreira. The player is on loan at Fluminense, but had to undergo knee surgery after an injury at the beginning of the year and has not played for the entire season, as well as not being registered for the Tricolore.

Among Fluminense’s possible rivals stand out Al-Ittihad, of Saudi Arabia, and Manchester City. In the Saudi camp, the son of Xerém, Fabinho, Benzema and Kanté are the spearheads of the Arab champion. The Champions League winner had on his list the confirmation of the presence of Kevin De Bruyne, who is in doubt due to injury.

The Italian delegation will leave for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, next Tuesday (12), when Al-Ittihad, from Saudi Arabia, and Auckland City, from New Zealand, will kick off the first phase of the Club World Cup.

List of Fluminense entries in the World Cup:

• Goalkeepers: Fabio; Pedro Rangel and Vitor Eudes
• Defenders: Samuel Xavier; Marlon, Guga, Felipe Melo, Nino, Diogo Barbosa, David Braz; Marcelo
• Midfielders: Alexsander, André, Martinelli, Ganso, Daniel, John Árias, Thiago Santos; lime
• Attackers: John Kennedy; Keno, German Cano; Yony ​​González

Source: Terra

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