The newly revamped FIFA Club World Cup has been successful in grabbing eyeballs and attention to their new format and the whopping $1billion prize pool.
The newly revamped FIFA Club World Cup
The money has allowed the clubs a simple decision, to ditch the pre-season games and make the players play in the off-season as well. But this decision comes at a big expense of players having to play more than 50 games in a season and after Real Madrid’s match against Juventus, they have played their 66th game of the season and the season is still not over for them.
Real Madrid will play their 66th game of the season and the season is still not over for them
Their 67th game will be against Borussia Dortmund in the Club World Cup quarter-finals and this will become their personal record.
Fede Valverde has played 63 games of their last 66 and is the engine of the team, but the question arises is till when and why are players being overplayed even after ACLs become frequent amongst the players.
This season Real Madrid participated in the UEFA Champions league, La Liga, FIFA Intercontinental Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, Copa Del Rey and FIFA Club World Cup. They failed to win any major trophies as they only won the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and UEFA Super Cup.
The arrival of Kylian Mbappe was the most talked about topic
The arrival of Kylian Mbappe was the most talked about topic as the Frenchman arrived after years of transfer saga but was not able to perform as he not able to hack the Centre-Forward position as he was used to play in the Left-wing forward position and Vinicius Jr. was already excelling at the position. So, Ancelotti deployed him at no.9 position.
It has been a tough season for the main talisman but now he has become integral part of the team after a great debut season mostly after the turn of the year. The season has been a transitional one for Real Madrid and still they are learning the new tactics of the new coach, Xabi Alonso.
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