Botafogo takes the door against Pachuca in the Intercontinental Cup – Intercontinental Cup – Play-off – Botafogo-Pachuca (0-3)

Wait, does the Club World Cup still exist with the continental champions?

The Mexicans of Pachuca made short work of Botafogorecent champions of Brazil and South America, with a 0-3 victory in the second round of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup. THE Tuzos unfolded in the second half, scoring three goals in 30 minutes via Oussama Idrissi (0-1, 50^e), Nelson Deossa (0-2, 66^e) and the eternal Salomón Rondón (0-3, 80^e). They will face the Egyptians of Al Ahly, African champions and defeaters of Al-Aïn FC (3-0), for a place in the final, on December 14.

This Intercontinental Cup is the direct heir of the old Club World Cup, which only pitted the continental champions against each other in a small knockout tournament. The new format provides for direct qualification of the European champion – in this case, Real Madrid – into the final. The champions of the Americas face each other in one of the two “quarter-finals », while the winner of the African Champions League challenges the winner of the play-off between the champion of Asia and the champion of Oceania.

As fascinating as ever, this ability of FIFA to create formats that no one wants!

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