Today begins the Club World Cup 2020, despite being in 2021. The qualifiers that are played between this afternoon and tomorrow will be the rival teams of the two big favorites to win it, the Brazilian palmeiras and especially the Bayern Munich, current champion of the Champions League.
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For him Palm Trees, that was proclaimed winner of the Copa Libertadores this past week against Santos (1-0), this tournament is undoubtedly the most important of the year. In fact, it is the most important in the modern club history. Nevertheless, What does the Club World Cup mean to Bayern Munich fans?
Our colleagues from Brazil spoke with Jan Kupitz, Editor-in-Chief of 90min Germany, to understand how the Bavarian fans take the tournament: “The Club World Cup is not so important for us as for the Brazilians. Bayern fans will continue the games, but it is not so interesting for the rest “he assured
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Still, he made it clear that the flick team will go to win it: “The rest of the teams are not so good, Europeans or South Americans always win the Cup. Yes, Bayern will want to take the title. They will not go for a walk, plus there is a prize of 4 or 5 million for winning it “
Another interesting fact that Kupitz pointed out is the possibilitye ‘down’ in follow-up of the tournament due to the discrepancy between the club’s fans and the organizing country, Qatar: “Qatar Airways is one of the Bayern sponsors, and that has been a reason for revulsion of his own hobby. Followers do not tolerate an association with a country where human rights are not respected “
#FC Bayern On a day like today in 2013, FC Bayern Munich were proclaimed champions of the club world championship for the first time in their history after beating Raja Casablanca 2-0 in the final. The tournament was played in Morocco. pic.twitter.com/YurpDgNxYI
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“Surely this will cause the audiences in Germany are even lower than normal “he concluded. The Bavarians they won the tournament in 2013, after beating Raja Casablanca (2-0) in the end. The Moroccan team had gotten rid of the Atlético Mineiro, South American representative, in the semifinals