Mathematical: The World Cup Clubs, “Fair Championship”

Athletes and artists have set five positives and four negatives for the 2025 Club World Cup, currently held in America, and will continue until July 13, at a time when they described it as “fair” in its new organizational form compared to the past copies that were limited to a few games.

They told «Emirates Today»: “The positives are to increase the participating teams, raise financial prizes to one billion dollars, and grant Asia, Africa and Latin America the opportunity to professionalize in Europe, and contact the global stars, as well as the fact that the participation guarantees the clubs huge financial incentives that improve their financial situation and contribute to resolving the financial hardship of many of them, and the tournament is an organizational rehearsal for the World Cup for the World Cup 2026 scheduled to be held in America, Canada and Mexico.

They added: “The negatives of the championship are that the timing of its stay is inappropriate after the end of a long season, which exposes the players to exhaustion and the risk of injuries, especially muscle and chronic stress, and that the increase in the number of matches exposes the players to increase psychological pressure on them.”

They explained: «There is a weak public turnout in the tournament because football is not the first popular game in America, and the timing of the tournament’s establishment leads to the crowding of clubs (calendar) clubs and teams.

Many positives

For his part, sports commentator and technical analyst, Ali Hamid, said that “participation in a global demonstration of this size will have very many positives, among them that the tournament is an opportunity for Asian or African teams and some teams from Latin America to be on a global platform that brings clubs from all continents of the world, in addition to the huge financial prizes, as the first -place team gets 125 million dollars, in addition to that there are large clubs that include large names participating in The championship is an opportunity for other clubs, especially those that participate for the first time to present themselves through strong presence and friction, whether at the level of teams or players, and the championship is also an opportunity for players to highlight their capabilities and technical capabilities, and to gain experiences by playing in front of a large public presence, as well as in front of clubs the size of Real Madrid or Manchester City, and other big teams ».

Hamid added: “The tournament is an opportunity for some players to professionalize Europe if their technical capabilities allow this.”

He considered that “the tournament’s negatives are limited, most notably the psychological pressure on the players, especially after the end of a long season.”

A fair championship

In turn, the former head of the Marketing Committee of the Asian Football Confederation, Hafez Al -Mudlaj, said: “Football is the game of the poor that the rich benefit from, and the main driver of these tournaments is the money that the event organizers get from the revenues of television transport, care and other gains.”

He explained: «The total financial prizes of the tournament reaches one billion dollars, which is an unprecedented number, and the current version differs from the previous in which the team was participating in only one match, so the tournament is useful for players in terms of friction and is also very important to market the prominent players.

He added: «The players are playing many new championships and the number of larger matches for the sales of television transport, care, etc., while in the past he was participating in the limits of 50 games in the season, but currently with the increase in local and foreign championships, he is participating in about 70 games during the season and this is a very large number.

He explained: «The problem is that the most important element in the game, which is the player, is not consulted in these matters, especially in terms of increasing the number of matches he is playing in the season without taking into account that the players are human and not (robots). In the heroism for injuries, so the main driver of these tournaments remains money. ”

He continued: «The championship was in the past not convincing to many.

Al -Mudalj explained: “With regard to the fans’ appetite for the championship, I can not currently judge this matter after the end of the tournament, especially since football in America is not the first, second, third, or even fourth popular game.

An extensive unique version

The international lecturer in the Football Association, Omar Al -Hammadi, described the current championship as a unique and expanded version, as it is held for the first time in this way with the participation of 32 clubs similar to the World Cup for the Technical and Organizational Teams, indicating at the same time that there are negatives and positives linked to the championship.

Al -Hammadi said: «The increase in the number of official matches in the summer raises the risk of muscle injuries and chronic stress besides that the major teams will find it difficult to prepare players for the new season, especially with the reduction of rest periods and preparation, in addition to the weakness of the public turnout because football for clubs is not very popular in America compared to other championships, and that the absence of historical mass ties between clubs and the American public may lead to non -full stadiums, In addition, the timing of the tournament’s holding causes the crowding of global calendar at the level of clubs and teams, so it may lead to conflict with tournaments or effects on local tournaments at the start of the following season.

Al -Hammadi explained: “One of the negatives of the timing of the tournament is also the possibility of loss of competitive focus, given that some clubs may not consider the tournament a major priority if the sporting prizes or return are not clear or attractive, and the fear of injuries may push the coaches to rotate greatly between the players, especially for the major teams.”

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