The world awaits a new chapter of Modric innovations in the World Cup

The world awaits a new chapter of Modric innovations in the World Cup

The stadium of Abu Dhabi is ready to host the big event

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Abu Dhabi: Middle East

The fourteenth edition of the United Arab Emirates Club World Cup 2018 will begin next Wednesday.
The final preparations for the tournament are over and the public is eagerly awaiting the world's greatest player, Croatian legend Luka Modric, at the stadiums of the United Arab Emirates capital, Abu Dhabi, with Real Madrid.
Real Madrid has won this year the Gold Ball Trophy awarded by France Football magazine to the best player in the world.
The coronation broke the monopoly of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the award 10 years ago.
The award was crowned with a year of achievements for the Croatian star, who won the three major world cups trophies, adding to the FIFA World Player of the Year Award, which 39, he won earlier this year, and at the Adidas Golden Ball This led his country to the last world cup in Russia.
The arrival of Modric at the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018 follows his rise to the throne of the best footballer in the world, as fans of Croatian star Modric meet the best player in the world. world, which is an opportunity for the player to continue. And he can add a fourth title if he wins the title of World Player of the Year in FIFA Clubs.
For their part, the Zayed Sports Stadium and the Hazaa Bin Zayed Stadium are now perfectly equipped to host the elite clubs of the world. Both playing fields are endowed with a perfect herbal mat. The team has completed the preparation of the players' rooms with the best possible combination, while the seats of the fans will provide spectators with an unforgettable atmosphere. .
Abu Dhabi and Al Ain to welcome the participating teams, officials, players and fans of the game. The clubs that have reserved their place on the list are: Kashima Antlers, champion of the Champions League, Tunisian trophy, champion of the Champions League, CONCACAF champion in Guadalajara, Wellington The Champions League and Real Madrid, champions of the Champions League, will face the Al Ain team representing the United Arab Emirates. It will be the seven teams waiting for the winner of the Libertadores Cup final between River Plate and Boca Juniors.
Salem Sulaimani, Operations Director of the Local Organization Committee, said: "The final preparations for the organization of the tournament are going well, in a competition that will bring together the world's elite clubs on the Abu Dhabi and Al Ain Fields. Preparations have been completed in the field of stadiums, volunteer teams and preparation of host cities, and we, as an organization, are ready to welcome tournament. "
"We are putting the finishing touches to make sure everything goes as planned to put the teams, officials, players and supporters in an outstanding style, a warm welcome and an honorable image so that everyone can enjoy a great time. unforgettable championship in the United Arab Emirates. "
Arab football has imposed its presence at the World Cup of Clubs either by the 2000 edition, or by the tournament with its current system, which began in 2005 and Arab football was almost present in the clubs of the Cup of the world.
And after the participation of Al-Nasr and Raja Casablanca in the 2000 edition. The real beginning of Arab participation in the World Cup was given by Al Ahli and the Saudi club Jadah, where they participated in the championship 2005, which was the first edition of the tournament in its current form.
The Arab participants in the tournament after this release have not missed the Arab clubs of the World Cup clubs in previous versions only in the 2015 and 2016 versions.
The kickoff was a tangible success for Arab football, where Al Ittihad won fourth place at the 2005 World Cup and Algerian Al Ahli won third place in the next edition in 2006.
But the biggest success of the Arab teams in the tournament was the Moroccan Raja Casablanca final in the 2013 version. He participated in the tournament as a host while Egyptian Al Ahly, title winner from Africa, was in sixth place with the same version.
Despite this, the Arab teams belonging to the Asian continent were far superior to their African counterparts of the two Arab teams, one Asian and the other African.
Al Ain is eager to take another step forward in the history of Emirati club participation in the FIFA Club World Cup. Al Ain has a daunting task for this edition, especially since the team has the potential to compete with the midfield of most teams and the circumstances surrounding some of these teams.
That's why Al Ain will turn at least to the Golden Box.
The participation of UAE clubs in the championship has resulted in a gradual increase of the results, from the seventh position in 2009 to the fourth place of the last edition.
The tournament had visited the UAE three times earlier, which began in 2009 when Ahli Dubai hosted the tournament but failed early and lost the first match against Auckland City New Zealand to finish seventh. He then welcomed the unit in the next version and in the first game, but finished sixth in the defeat
Mexican shots in fifth and sixth place.
The tournament returned to the UAE last year when it hosted the Al Jazeera club and introduced a new step towards UAE football with fourth place and fourth place.
The golden age of the tournament is the minimum ambition of the eye in the new version in the coming days.
The team is looking forward to making a leap and becoming the first team of Asian Arabs to reach the final and the second team of the Asian World Cup final, after Japan's Kashima Antlers won the second place in 2016.
Of all the Arab teams that have already participated in the tournament, Raja Casablanca was the only Moroccan to reach the final of the tournament when it animated the 2013 version.
However, the first opponent lacks the experience of the World Cup, the New Zealand Wellington participating in the tournament for the first time in its history as a representative of the Oceania Federation, which Auckland City has represented in the seven previous editions with nine points.
If Al Ain wins the match, the team will meet Esperance, who did not win the African Nations Cup title in the African Champions League and won a thrilling victory over Al Ahli in final tournament to go to the World Cup clubs.
Therefore, the first real test for the eyes after the first and second games will be in the upcoming showdown against the winner of the Copa Libertadores in the gold category of the World Cup clubs.

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