Thursday 10/July/2025 – 02:19 AM
I championship arrived World Cup Clubs 2025 to their last stop, in its exceptional version hosted by the United States of America until July 13.
The final match of the Club World Cup is witnessing a fiery confrontation between Paris Saint -Germain and Chelsea, to unveil the world champion in the first time, with the participation of 32 teams.
Club World Cup threatens the 2026 World Cup
The Club World Cup comes as the last rehearsal, a year before the start of the 2026 World Cup, to be held with a joint triple organization between America, Canada and Mexico, with the participation of 48 teams for the first time in history.
The current version of the World Cup clubs witnessed many crises, which caused the shares of cash to America to question its ability to host the most important event for the teams.
Cairo 24 in the following lines monitors the most prominent crises that faced the Club World Cup, days before reaching its last station.
Weather fluctuations
Clubs participating in the World Cup club suffered sharp fluctuations in the weather between a very high temperature and storms that caused the matches to stop for long times.
The Borussia Dortmund and Sun Downs match in the group stage witnessed a severe temperature increase due to the meeting at the third in the afternoon, which caused the players to follow the meeting in the dressing rooms.
Chelsea coach Enzo Marcelsa also criticized, due to the high temperature, indicating the impossibility of setting up training sessions regularly in the afternoon due to the intensity of the weather.
The International Federation of Professional Players stressed that these conditions will be a warning bell, in light of the harsh conditions of the climate that America suffers from, as he called for the necessity of re -evaluating the dates of the matches to address the conditions of heat.
It did not stop at the high temperature, as storms caused the suspension of many matches, most notably the Al -Ahly and Brazilian Miras, which stopped for a period of 40 minutes.
The same thing is for Chelsea and Benfica, which was held for a period of 5 hours, due to the weather warnings of the arrival of a strong storm, and also caused the cancellation of the press conference of Real Madrid before the Paris Saint -Germain match, due to the continued flight of the plane for two hours and it was not possible to drop the weather conditions.
Stadium crisis
The stadiums were not spared the criticism of the teams participating in the Club World Cup, as the Spanish newspaper Marca highlighted the suffering of Real Madrid from its training stadium in the World Cup.
She explained that the team was forced to build several facilities in Miami, to prepare its training headquarters, noting that there are no equipment from the rooms to switch or quality clothes, so that the club was forced to convert one of the public parks into a training field.
Marca described that America is not suitable for football, especially as it is not the first popular game in Uncle Sam, and many games, especially American football and baseball, are superior to it.
Public presence
The mass attendance of the Club World Cup, at the desired level, specifically in the first half. The opening match between Al -Ahly and Inter Miami witnessed the reduction of ticket prices to reach $ 55 after it was previously launched at 110 dollars.
And many matches appeared in a weak audience, as more than half of the seats appeared in these empty stadiums, which sparked widespread controversy due to the distance between America and the rest of the participating countries in the World Cup.
