The Mexican team will compete against the Champions League champion in the Club World Cup final in Qatar 2021
The Club World Cup final has been set, which will be played between Bayern Munich and Tigres, champions of the UEFA and Concacaf tournaments., who will be recording it next Thursday, February 11 at 12:00 PM, Mexican time, at the City of Education’s Al Rayyan Stadium.
Tigres became the league’s first finalist after beating Brazil’s Palmeiras 1-0 in the league’s semi-finals last Sunday, while the German team passed Al-Ahly 2-0 on Monday.
The Mexican team started their journey to the Club World Cup on February 4, the day they beat Ulsan Hyundai FC with a score of 2-1, in what were the quarter-finals of the tournament, a different situation from the Germans who went straight to the semi-finals.
Bayern Munich are competing in this match after being named champions of the 2020 Champions League, which ended unbeaten. He was the leader of Group B, which he shared with Tottenham, Olympiacos and Estrella Roja. In the knockout stages, he left Chelsea, Barcelona, Olympique de Lyon on the way and was crowned after beating Paris-Saint Germain in the grand final.
On the other hand, Tigres reached the Club World Cup by winning the Concacaf Champions League in which, like the Germans, they finished without losing. In the round of 16, they passed Alianza and later beat New York City. In the semifinals they defeated Olimpia and in the grand final they defeated Los Angeles FC.
It should be remembered that the championship that the UEFA representative and Concacaf will play next Thursday is for the 2020 edition, as in the face of the pandemic it could not be held in a match at the end of the previous year, for which in 2021 it will have two Club World Cups, the current one and one to be played in December.