Tricolor leaves this Tuesday evening (12) for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The World Cup debut next Monday at 3pm
The days pass and the anxiety for Fluminense’s debut in the Club World Cup diminishes. The Tricolore leaves this Tuesday evening (12) for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As already happened in the quarter and semi-finals of the Libertadores, the fans once again prepare an AeroFlu to greet the players before the trip.
Fluminense arrives in the Saudi country on Wednesday morning and from there begins preparation for the semi-final of the competition against Ah-Ahly, from Egypt, Al-Ittihad, from Saudi Arabia, or Auckland City, from New Zealand . If they were to reach the final, Influenza would have the chance to face English Manchester City in a duel that many are eagerly awaiting.
DREAMS ARE MADE TO BE TRUE
If the Libertadores was a dream at the beginning of the year, and it finally came true, why not also dream of the World Cup? Cano already has the competition as his new biggest dream.
— My biggest dream is to win the Club World Cup. That’s just what I think now, in the short term. In the long term, my biggest dream is to compete again, win more things, Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Brasileiro, Recopa, another Libertadores. I live my dream at Fluminense – she said in an interview with Trivela.
But Fluminense won’t have an easy life in this World Cup, especially in its group. Fernando Diniz’s men have the chance to reach dangerous teams like Al-Ahly’s Egypt, who have been very busy lately in their latest appearances in the competition.
There is also the possibility of facing the hosts, Al-Ittihad, who are not going through their best moment. The club is currently fifth in the Saudi league and recently saw its coach, Portuguese Nuno Espírito Santo, sacked. The Saudis were quick and called in the Argentine Marcelo Gallardo, former River Plate. In the team some names attract attention, such as the Frenchman Karim Benzema, winner of the Ballon d’Or in 2022, the other Frenchman N’Golo Kanté, key player of Chelsea for many years, and the Brazilian Fabinho, ex Liverpool, and which is a Moleque of Xerém.
But even if there are some possible difficult opponents, for Fluminense every day is December 22nd. The tricolor wants the world and the world wants to be tricolor.
IN THE OTHER KEY…
If they reach the final, Fluminense could face Manchester City. Interestingly, both are making their debut in the competition after winning the Libertadores and Champions League respectively, for the first time in their history.
The clash is the most anticipated, especially due to the possible duel between Fernando Diniz and Pep Guardiola, which is believed to be a clash between opposing game models, where the Brazilian is skilled in an oppositional style of play, while the Spaniard prefers a more positional.
— In Guardiola’s teams after two minutes you see that the players obey a space. Whoever is on the right stays on the right, whoever is on the left stays on the right and the ball arrives in those spaces. Of course, Guardiola has changed, the full-backs have moved on, like Cancelo. The way I see it right now is almost appositional. Players migrate positions. It’s a freer game, we get closer in the sectors of the pitch and in these sectors there are changes of position. I think this has more to do with the culture of our football — Diniz said in an interview last year.
Furthermore, we could witness the clash between two of the greatest scorers of the last two years. Germán Cano and Haaland could meet in the final. However, the Norwegian is in doubt for the World Cup due to bone stress in his foot.
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THE FIRST
Fluminense’s long-awaited debut in the Club World Cup is scheduled for the 18th, at 3pm, against the winner of the quarter-finals between the Egyptian Ah-Ahly and the winner of the round of 16, which will be decided today at the same time between Al-Ittihad, from ‘Saudi Arabia, and Auckland City, from New Zealand.
Source: Terra
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