Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have brought two unpopularities, South America s quarterfinals remain unbeaten, Club World Cup is not the World Cup

With Juventus' five-goal victory, the first round of the Club World Cup group stage ended, and all 32 teams appeared. Like the sparse audience on the court, fans who have watched the game have a feeling that the Club World Cup is not the World Cup!

Since Chelsea lost to Corinthian, the 11 consecutive Club World Cup championships have been won by European teams. It is even said that since FIFA "fixed" the Club World Cup, only Sao Paulo has defeated Liverpool and won two championships for South America with Corinthian. The so-called "Club World Cup" has actually been in name only.

In view of this, FIFA had to make major changes, adding a new "Intercontinental Cup" event, adopting the old rules of the Club World Cup, and at the same time reducing a "semi-final" for European teams. Half a year ago, Real Madrid attended the first Intercontinental Cup, and only had to participate in one final and defeated Mexico's Pachuca three goals to win the championship.

At that time, Botafogo, who had won the South American championship for only 10 days, quickly participated. Logically, he had just won the championship for only a week and should have been in good condition. Unexpectedly, the ending was very tragic and he was eliminated as soon as he appeared. Fans lamented that the InterContinental Cup is really not at all attractive. If it weren't for Real Madrid fans, who would have known that there would be such a competition?

At the same time, the rebuilt "Club World Cup" has made its debut. 32 participating teams come from all continents around the world, each session every four years. Are you familiar with this arrangement? That's right, even the head of FIFA said bluntly that this is the club-style World Cup.

From the perspective of the match system, the Club World Cup has more teams than the Intercontinental Cup, which is more like an expanded version of the "Champions League", allowing more powerful teams to participate, and avoiding the embarrassment of coming from afar and eliminating early like Bottafogo. Judging from the results of the first round, all the six South American quarterfinals remain unbeaten, which looks a bit different.

Botafogo did not "fall out of the chain" this time, defeating the Seattle Bayer in the first round, saving some face, while Flamengo and River Plate defeated the champions in Africa and Asia respectively. If these three wins are because the opponent is not strong, then what will be the result of the other three direct showdowns between European and American teams?

Palmeiras and Porto, Fruminense and Dortmund are all in a match. The Boca youth was tied by Benfica while leading two goals. Judging from the number of shots, South American teams are all dominant. Perhaps, facing non-European and American teams and non-top European teams, South America's top six remained unbeaten, and seemed to be able to maintain a situation of not being at a disadvantage.

Of course, the performance of European teams is not bad at all. 12 teams participated in the competition, achieving 6 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. The only loss came from Atletico Madrid, facing European champion Paris Saint-Germain, which can only be said to be defeated by "his own people". In the first round of the game, the three big scores were created by European teams, Bayern Munich defeated Auckland with 10 goals and Juventus defeated Ain 5 goals. Therefore, in the scorer list, Bayern has 4 players and Juventus has 2 players, and only 6 players can score more than one goal. The competition for the Golden Boot Award is quite different from the pre-match prediction.

There is another big score from Paris Saint-Germain. Four different players scored goals, defeated Atletico Madrid 4 goals, and drew against Real Madrid with Riyadh Crescent. The two games should be the biggest upset in the first round of the Club World Cup. Atletico Madrid has 6 players who have won the World Cup championship, which is the most common among all teams. Although a crushing defeat may not be able to obtain the right to qualify in the group, it has been a big blow to Simeone. After the game, it can only fiercely criticize the referee's injustice and the hot weather.

Mbappe missed the game due to fever, and captain Valverde on the field missed the penalty. Rodrigo and Vinicius both missed it and gained more opportunities to score goals in the "weak team". New coach Alonso and new aid Arnold were both shocked. Like Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid in the same city has a great chance of qualifying. Moreover, whether it is first in the group or second in the group, the opponent in the top 16 is likely to be Manchester City or Juventus, and the difference is not big.

Judging from the 16 games in the first round, Europe and South America are still quite strong in overall strength, and the championship should come from these teams. Unlike the World Cup, teams from Asia, Africa, Oceania and North America are difficult to beat European and American teams, and it is not easy to "upset".

The attitude of many teams is not positive, and the Club World Cup is more like a friendly match. The final is scheduled in mid-July, which will definitely greatly affect the preparations for the new season. Perhaps, it is a good thing for European giants such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Barcelona to not be able to participate in the competition, and they can have greater competitiveness in the new season.