With the illusion of recreating the ‘sextete”s historic Barcelona, Bayern Munich qualifies for the Club World Cup final and Tigers is the only thing separating it from an unforgettable year.
With its victory over Al Ahly SC, Bayern Munich is just one match away from winning the sextete, corresponding to Barcelona’s achievement in 2009. The last obstacle for the Bavarian giant is Tigres, a side that is also delighted to continue to make history in the international competition after qualifying as the first team in Concacaf and Liga MX to the final.
The German side is one title away from claiming glory and becoming the second club to win six championships in one year. For its part, the team led by Ricardo Ferretti will try to prevent Bayen Munich from imitating what Barcelona did more than 10 years ago and while it seems very difficult for the cats to beat Bayern, the royal squad has a good level in the world shown. Cup of Clubs that invites its fans to dream of the international trophy.
After completing the semi-finals comparison against Al Ahly, the Bayern Munich club posted on their social networks “for the story. See you Thursday Tigres!”, Ahead of the Club World Cup final to be played that day, The will go down in history in Mexican football as it is the first time that a team from this country plays the last copy of that game, to which the Mexican club responded with “We are ready”.
Tigres debuted with a 2-1 win over Ulsan Hyundai with an outstanding performance from André-Pierre Gignac, who has scored all of the feline team’s goals so far in the tournament hosted by FIFA. In their second match of the competition, Tigres put in an extraordinary performance against Copa Libertadores champions Palmeiras, beating the Brazilian team by a minimum thanks to a score from the French striker’s eleven steps.
Nevertheless, It looks very difficult for Tigres to beat Bayern Munich because of the fatherhood of UEFA clubs over Liga MX teams.
In the past 14 years of the World Cup for clubs, European and Mexican clubs have faced each other six times with victory always for UEFA representatives. Barcelona, Real Madrid, both twice, Chelsea and Liverpool, who beat Rayados last year, are the executioners of the Aztec squad.
The only Mexican team to beat a European club in the Club World Cup was Necaxa in the 2000 edition. Los Rayos faced Real Madrid for third place in the tournament, which was played in a different format from the current one. The Necaxa team beat the meringues in a penalty shootout to take third place.
With regard to Munich, the Bavarians conquered everything in their country, as they won the Bundesliga with 82 points and in the Pokal (German Cup) they defeated Bayer Leverkusen, so they automatically won the German Super Cup.
At the continental level, the Champions League followed, in which they defeated PSG 1-0 with a goal from Kingsley Coman. to establish itself as the best club in Europe. They later won the European Super Cup against Sevilla 2-1.
The grand final of the Club World Cup is scheduled for Thursday, February 11 at 12 noon in Mexico City and the game will be played in the Estadio de la Ciudad de la Educación.