Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - RIP Diogo Jota

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Before it begins, I want to know if y'all care either way about the FIFA Club World Cup?
I want to see the African clubs give a good account of themselves, will obviously have an interest in Madrid and seeing what Trent looks like in that setup early days and Xabi too, so I’ll be watching when time permits and will probably be more interested once it reaches the knockouts but really not a competition I’ll be all that invested in unless we were taking part :manny:
 

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I can't say I "care" a lot but I do want to see just how seriously clubs are taking this. There's a lot of money on the line for clubs but that doesn't necessarily translate to players giving a shyt

The clubs got blackmailed into taking it seriously. When Fifa told them no under strength squads otherwise sanctions/penalties of some sort.

The only thing I want out if this stupid tournament is that every player who has basically been playing nonstop for the last 12-24 months comes out unscathed. 2.5-3 weeks off last summer is no real rest. When it's recommended a minimum of 4 weeks.
 
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The clubs got blackmailed into taking it seriously. When Fifa told them no under strength squads otherwise sanctions/penalties of some sort.

The only thing I want out if this stupid tournament is that every player who has basically been playing nonstop for the last 12-24 months comes out unscathed. 2.5-3 weeks off last summer is no real rest. When it's recommended a minimum of 4 weeks.
They were no blackmail, everybody took this seriously after seeing the crazy price money FIFA are putting on the table. Getting 38m just to show up is crazy lmao.


Sporting performance pillar: USD 475 million

STAGEPER CLUB
Group Stage (three matches)USD 2.0 million win/1.0 million draw per club
Round of 16+ USD 7.5 million
Quarter-final+ USD 13.125 million
Semi-final+ USD 21.0 million
Finalist+ USD 30.0 million
Winner+ USD 40.0 million
Participation pillar: USD 525 million

CONTINENTPER CLUB
EuropeUSD 12.81-38.19 million *
South AmericaUSD 15.21 million
North, Central America & CaribbeanUSD 9.55 million
AsiaUSD 9.55 million
AfricaUSD 9.55 million
OceaniaUSD 3.58 million
 

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They were no blackmail, everybody took this seriously after seeing the crazy price money FIFA are putting on the table. Getting 38m just to show up is crazy lmao.

Im not talking bout the money. We all know clubs put money before players health. Word to RLC achilles playing stupid friendly vs New England or whoever it was.


 
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England playing but y'all got no one to hate watch so it's *crickets*

Palmer yanked early, can't produce with Jude Fellaini and Harold Kane "grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck" against the mighty Andorra.
 
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