Salient points, cast and figures: the differences between Fluminense and Al-Hilal

The comparison defines one of the four best teams in the Club World Cup

This Friday (4), Fluminense faces Al-Hilal for the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup. The game will be played at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando at 16h (Brasilia Time). In case of victory, Tricolor will face Chelsea or Palmeiras in the semifinal, looking for a place in the final.

Al-Hilal, Fluminense’s opponent in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup, reaches the clash as a financial giant. The club is the result of a strong investment by the government of Saudi Arabia in the last three years. Take a look at the details of each team, their game schemes and the main differences between them.

Al-Hilal salami moments for the World Cup

The numbers involving the Saudi team are expressive. They reveal a financial abyss in many rivals, including Fluminense. Year, Al-Hilal spends 176.9 million euros (about 1.13 billion dollars) only for salaries. It is the largest payroll outside Europe among the competition clubs.

This value represents almost three times what Fluminense invests in salaries. The difference is higher until the one recorded in the duel between the Rio Club and Inter. The Saudi cast also affects the market. According to the Transfermarkt platform, the group is worth 159.7 million euros (equivalent to $ 1 billion).

The composition of the cast reflects these great investments directly. The group consists of 25 athletes, including ten heavy and international foreigners. Among the names that stand out and have been taken in the weight of gold are Milinkovic-Savic, Koulibaly and João Cancelo.

Ruben Neves midfielder is the most precious player of the cast, evaluated for 25 million euros (about R $ 161 million). The team also has a strong Brazilian contingent, represented by players such as Malcom, Marcos Leonardo and Renan Lodi.

Salient points of the Fluminense for the World Cup

After the historic 2-0 victory over Inter in the round of 16, Fluminense reaches confidence in the duel against Al-Hilal in the quarterfinals of the club’s world cup. Evalued at 89.15 million euros (R $ 574 million), with an annual salary of 378 million dollars, the Rio Club saw its safe performance against Italians lift the moral of the cast and attract attention to the tournament.

In front of Inter, Tricolor showed solidity and defensive efficiency in the possibilities created. The performance was considered “absolutely safe”, especially in the defensive sector, which had Thiago Silva and Ignácio as salient points. Both have been included in the phase selection.

At 40, Thiago Silva follows as a technical reference and leadership in the changing rooms. His experience was decisive for the organization of the defensive system, one of the team’s pillars.

The manager is Renato Gaúcho, coach with a victorious story in Knockout. Known for the Copeiro profile, the coach adds ten semifinal votes in the main tournaments in the last ten years. In his curriculum, he transports titles such as the Brazilian Cup and Libertadores 2016 of 2017. A new classification would be the eleventh of his career in this type of competition.

Among the individual highlights, the Colombian Jhon Arias appears as the most precious player of the cast, evaluated for 17 million euros.

Source: Terra

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