The stadium is empty in the Club World Cup

It's been a few days since the contest started, but its popularity is nowhere to be seen

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The stadium is empty in the Club World Cup

The FIFA Club World Cup has started from Saturday. The first game was at Hardrock Stadium in Miami. Lionel Messi, the biggest star of modern football, took to the field. David Beckham, Ronaldo, Kaka, Bebeto, Roberto Bazio and Javier Zanetti were in the audience to watch the Argentinian player Messi. What more do you need in football?

Messi could not score for Inter Miami. Therefore, the match between Miami and Egypt's Al Ahli ended in a goalless draw. A large number of spectators came to the stadium to watch this match. They were greedy, the Argentine star would score. Nothing like that happened. But FIFA president Gianni Infatino was happy. He seemed satisfied with the way the first match of the tournament took shape. 

Infatino is treating this competition as his own. He wants to make it very successful. He wants the current tournament in America, one of the hosts of the 2026 World Cup, to be grand. But the contest is a few days old, but its popularity is nowhere to be seen. The competition has not been able to create any kind of excitement. 

There are some obvious reasons for this. The game has a starting time, midday or around 3pm. It is a very hot season according to Sanathiya time. It is very difficult for the players to play in this season. On Sunday, there was a match between Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and Atletico Madrid. As soon as the game started, the temperature measured on the field was 31 degrees Celsius. 

PSG coach Luis Enrique said the game was affected by the heat. He said, "The performance of our players in the game was a bit weak, they did not appear in regular rhythm. But I think it's good that our players can play as much as possible in this summer.''

This type of game show is not new for any competition, nor is it something new. The complaint of the players is that they have to play more and more games. From Europe to most continents, the club football season has only just ended. Players who have played professional club football for a long time want to rest. 

The stadium is empty in the Club World Cup

Many of these players are now forced to play in America. According to the National Association of Players, this is not good. The association said, 'When forced to play football during the period of June 15 to July 13, it creates physical and mental pressure on the players. Players are not able to spend time with their families. This has affected the players in one way or another.' 

is an equally big problem, as the teams participating in the competition are not nearly the same. Some of the participating teams are very good and some are very weak. So Bayern Munich beat Auckland City 10-0 in their first match. In that game, the 34-time German champion fielded his full potential team, so he scored 4 goals within 21 minutes. 

Now the fear is that when each team plays its second game in the league stage, such big win-loss results may come forward. In this case, the tournament will not be the same as FIFA and president Infatino envisioned, with fewer spectators and less equal competition. This may create confusion over the future of the competition itself. Let's believe, the next games will be some good ones. 

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