With his win over Al Ahly SC, Bayern Munich is just one game away from winning the sextete and thus matching Barcelona’s feat in 2009. The last obstacle for the Bavarian giant is Tigres, a squad that is also excited to continue making history in the international competition after becoming the first team in Concacaf and Liga MX to qualify for the final.
The German side are one title away from taking glory and becoming the second club to win six championships in one year. For its part, the team led by Ricardo Ferretti will try to prevent Bayen Munich from emulating what Barcelona did more than 10 years ago and although it looks very difficult for the cats to beat Bayern, the royal squad has shown a good level in the World Cup of Clubs that invites its fans to dream of the international trophy.
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After finalizing the comparison of the semifinals against Al Ahly, the Bayern Munich club published on their social networks “for the story. See you on Thursday Tigres!”, Ahead of the Club World Cup final to be played that day, the which will go down in history within Mexican soccer because it will be the first time that a team from this country plays the last instance of that contest, to which the Mexican club responded “We are ready.”
Tigres debuted with a 2-1 win over Ulsan Hyundai with an outstanding performance from André-Pierre Gignac, who has scored all of the feline team’s goals so far in the tournament organized by FIFA. In their second game of the competition, Tigres provided an extraordinary display against Palmeiras, champion of the Copa Libertadores, and beat the Brazilian team by the minimum thanks to a score from the eleven steps of the French striker.
Nevertheless, It looks very difficult for Tigres to beat Bayern Munich due to the paternity of UEFA clubs over Liga MX teams.
In the last 14 years of the Club World Cup, European and Mexican clubs have faced each other six times with the triumph always for UEFA representatives. Barcelona, Real Madrid, both twice, Chelsea and Liverpool, who beat Rayados in the previous year, are the executioners of the Aztec squads.
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The only Mexican team that has beaten a European club in the Club World Cup was Necaxa in the 2000 edition. Los Rayos faced Real Madrid for third place in the tournament, which was played under a different format than the current one. The Necaxa team beat the meringues in a penalty shootout and took third place.
Regarding Munich, the Bavarians conquered everything in their country, as they won the Bundesliga with 82 points and in the Pokal (German Cup) they beat Bayer Leverkusen, so they automatically won the German Super Cup.
On a continental level, the Champions League followed, in which they beat PSG 1-0 with a goal from Kingsley Coman. to establish itself as the best club in Europe. Later, they won the European Super Cup against Sevilla 2-1.
The Grand Final of the Club World Cup is scheduled for Thursday, February 11 at 12:00 hours in Mexico City and the duel will be played at the Estadio de la Ciudad de la Educación.