Madrid's three possible opponents in the Club World Cup

The FIFA has made this Friday the draw of the next World-wide of Clubs that will contest the Real Madrid like champion of Europe the next month of February. The white team, to the equal that will do it the Flamengo like champion of the Glass Libertadores, will begin the already installed tournament in semifinals and will expect by the winner of the second party of the competition.

The tournament will have a first meeting to define who will confront in this commitment to the Seattle Sounders of the MLS, current champion of the Concacaf. The American team presents , in the paper, like the most complicated rival that it could have the Madrid in this party of semifinals that will contest the ones of Ancelotti the next 8 February in Morocco.

In addition to the obvious difference of level, the North American team will have his greater difficulty in that it will have to play the party in full pre-season. The season in the MLS finished before the World-wide and does not return until almost the month of March, by what the Sounders will play the tournament after almost 5 months without contesting an official party. The big figure of the team is the Peruvian Raúl Ruidíaz, goleador in the last campaign, whereas the Uruguayan Nico Lodeiro and the Colombian Fredy Montero also accompany him in the line of attack.

The first party, which will deliver the ticket to play in front of the ones of Seattle, will contest it the To the Ahly of Egypt and the Auckland City of New Zealand. The African arrive in full competition and are the favourites in front of a rival that plays in a league of a level that hardly arrives to the professionalism and that finished the past 3 December. However, the oceanic have played in several opportunities the tournament (were not from 2017) and this 'experience', added to the physicist of always, could put them in the following meeting and litigate by a place in the semifinal in front of the Madrid.

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With confidence to win

After the draw spoke Emilio Butragueño, Director Relate Institutional of the Madrid and explained that "it always is a pleasure play this competition, because to be it is necessary to win first the Champions, a big success that attain the past season. The important is that we are well and can have all the players because of the so demanding calendar", explained the exdelantero.