Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365: published on Tuesday December 17, 2024 at 11:10 p.m.
Facing the Mexicans of Pachuca on Wednesday, Real Madrid are this time directly qualified for the final of the Intercontinental Cup. Explanations.
Wednesday evening in the sky of Doha, where he lost the World Cup in 2022, Kylian Mbappé hopes to lift the Intercontinental Cup of happiness. The French striker came to Real Madrid to win trophies and, after winning the European Super Cup on August 14 in Warsaw (2-0 against Atalanta Bergamo), he intends to offer himself a second title with his new club. To do this, the Spanish team will have to get the best of Pachuca (kick-off at 6:00 p.m. French time).
Pachuca has already played 2 matches, unlike Real Madrid, sent directly to the final
To reach the final, the Mexican team worked on the field, unlike Real Madrid. Twice precisely. The new competition formula wanted that. The old Club World Cup changed its operation. From next year and the month of June, it will be contested every 4 years with 32 teams, which has caused a lot of ink to flow in recent months. But before that and notably attending the Paris-SG matches against Atlético de Madrid, Botafogo and the Seattle Sounders next summer, the world club championship, today the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, Real Madrid , winner of the UEFA Champions League, landed directly in the final of the event (the winner of the C1 entered the semi-finals during the last editions), unlike his opponent, winner of the Champions Cup of Concacaf 2024, who first played the “Derby of the Americas” against CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores winner Botafogo.
Last Wednesday, Pachuca dominated the Brazilian team of John Textor, the owner of Olympique Lyonnais, with a scathing score of 3-0, and won the right to play the “FIFA Challenger Cup” against Al Ahly, the Egyptian club winner of the Asian Champions League, which had previously defeated Al Ain (3-0) during the “FIFA Africa-Asia-Pacific Cup”. Al Ain, United Arab Emirates team, defeated Auckland City in the previous round (6-2), New Zealand team victorious in the 2024 OFC Champions League. Pachuca had to go to penalties to get the better of Al Ahly (0-0, 6-5 on the tabs), last Saturday and thus have the right to challenge Real Madrid to lift the trophy. Mbappé and his partners can therefore become world champions in a single match.
