Quote from: Akbarkoe on Today at 10:35:52 PM

Quote from: pawel7777 on Today at 10:20:59 PM

Barcelona had a fantastic 2024-25 season, although it would've been even better if they won the Champions League (they were the favourite).
Real suffered a bit of humiliation, especially considering they lost all direct games against Barcelona (El Clásico), but they still have a chance to salvage their reputation and make their fans happy by either winning the FIFA Club World Cup or, at the very least, achieving semi-finals or the final.
The prestige and the prize pool of FIFA CWC is similar to those of the Champions League. I believe the total prize pot is around $1 billion, so not something to be ignored.

Real Madrid did lose in every meeting with Barcelona, but I think Madrid is willing not to end the season in shame, where in the Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup they failed in the final, in La Liga they finished as runners-up in the final standings, and in the Champions League Real Madrid failed in the quarter-finals. This is not disappointing at all, the Los Blancos squad continues to show that they are still at a higher level, it's just a shame that in the 2024/25 season they failed to win a single domestic or European trophy.

In the FIFA Club World Cup, Real Madrid is still the best and has quite a lot of opportunities to win the trophy. In every match Real Madrid is always the favorite team, and when compared to other matches in the Club World Cup, Real Madrid's matches are always filled with fans, which shows that Real Madrid is a big team wherever they play.

I don't know if Barcelona came prepared for Madrid in this last concluded season because the way and manner the handle every game concerning Madrid is just different from previous season and I wonder why they that's Madrid hasn't been productive when they play against Madrid and it is clear that Barcelona dominated Madrid in every aspect last season and if care is not taken, it will continue next season. Madrid are doing well, let's leave it that way, but in the FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP they are not up to speed like we know them the season they won the champions league and I think I'll have to blame it on injury and playing players in a different position, imagine the back line of Madrid, is only 1 player that you can say if a defender, the rest are midfielders that are converted like Tchouaméni, he hasn't been at his best even in this competition.