2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup - Inaugural edition

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https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/intercontinentalcup/2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_FIFA_Intercontinental_Cup

The 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup is the inaugural edition of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, an annual club association football tournament organised by FIFA. The tournament comprises the six teams that won the previous edition of the continental championships in each FIFA confederation, playing each other in a single-elimination bracket. It will be held from 22 September to 18 December 2024, the first two games will be played in the stadium of a team involved in each match, and the final three (including the final) will be played in Qatar as a neutral venue.

The tournament broadly maintains the format of the previous annual versions of the FIFA Club World Cup, which was expanded and reorganised into a quadrennial tournament with more entrants, with the exception of changes to venues for the initial rounds. The tournament name is derived from the former Intercontinental Cup, that was last played in 2004 between teams from UEFA and CONMEBOL.

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wow

the newly crowned Copa Libertadores champions Botafogo from Brasil were crushed today by the Mexican club Pachuca in the inaugural new Intercontinental Cup

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this really crazy because Pachuca is 3rd from the bottom in Liga MX in Mexico, playing horrid footie for months

they are only 3 points above rock bottom of the table

Edited December 11, 2024 by Vesper

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58 minutes ago, Vesper said:

this really crazy because Pachuca is 3rd from the bottom in Liga MX in Mexico, playing horrid footie for months

they are only 3 points above rock bottom of the table

Botafogo were clearly still in party mode.

Pachuca or Al Ahly won't have a better chance of doing the unthinkable with the new format (winner faces Real in the final).

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10 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Botafogo were clearly still in party mode.

Pachuca or Al Ahly won't have a better chance of doing the unthinkable with the new format (winner faces Real in the final).

would love to see Al Ahly beat Real in the final

best overal African side (155 total trophies, including 25 continental ones) in the history of footie there versus best Euro (and world) side in history

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Squad Al Ahly FC

 

 

#	Player	Date of birth/Age	Nat.	Market value
1	Mohamed El Shenawy  Goalkeeper	Dec 18, 1988 (35)		€1.80m
31	Oufa Shobeir  Goalkeeper	Mar 17, 2000 (24)		€600k
16	Hamza Alaa Goalkeeper	Mar 1, 2001 (23)		€150k
37	Mostafa Makhlouf Goalkeeper	May 16, 2003 (21)		€75k
15	Achraf Dari Centre-Back	May 6, 1999 (25)		€2.00m
5	Rami Rabia Centre-Back	May 20, 1993 (31)		€800k
6	Yasser Ibrahim Centre-Back	Feb 10, 1993 (31)		€600k
4	Yousef Aymen Centre-Back	Mar 21, 1999 (25)		€350k
34	Moataz Mohamed Centre-Back	Mar 19, 2005 (19)		€50k
18	Yahia Attiyat Allah Left-Back	Mar 2, 1995 (29)		€2.20m
21	Ali Maâloul  Left-Back	Jan 1, 1990 (34)		€500k
33	Karim El Debes Left-Back	Jun 3, 2003 (21)		€250k
30	Mohamed Hany  Right-Back	Jan 25, 1996 (28)		€1.50m
3	Omar Kamal Right-Back	Sep 29, 1993 (31)		€1.20m
2	Khaled Abdelfattah Right-Back	Jan 22, 1999 (25)		€200k
13	Marwan Ateya Defensive Midfield	Aug 1, 1998 (26)		€2.20m
36	Ahmed Kouka Defensive Midfield	Jul 4, 2001 (23)		€800k
26	Mostafa Aboul-Kheir Defensive Midfield	Jan 1, 2004 (20)		€50k
22	Emam Ashour Central Midfield	Feb 20, 1998 (26)		€3.00m
8	Akram Tawfik Central Midfield	Nov 8, 1997 (27)		€1.00m
17	Amr El Solia Central Midfield	Apr 2, 1990 (34)		€500k
23	Omar El Saaiy Central Midfield	Jan 1, 2003 (21)		€450k
20	Karim Nedved Central Midfield	Aug 8, 1997 (27)		€250k
19	Afsha Attacking Midfield	Mar 6, 1996 (28)		€1.20m
14	Hussein El Shahat Left Winger	Jun 21, 1992 (32)		€800k
29	Taher Mohamed Left Winger	Mar 7, 1997 (27)		€350k
12	Reda Slim Right Winger	Oct 25, 1999 (25)		€2.00m
10	Percy Tau Right Winger	May 13, 1994 (30)		€1.50m
28	Karim Fouad  Right Winger	Oct 1, 1999 (25)		€600k
38	Mohamed Abdallah Right Winger	Jan 1, 2005 (19)		€100k
9	Wessam Abou Ali Centre-Forward	Jan 4, 1999 (25)		€3.00m
7	Kahraba Centre-Forward	Apr 13, 1994 (30)		€800k
32	Samir Mohamed Centre-Forward	Sep 4, 2003 (21)		-

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20 hours ago, Vesper said:

would love to see Al Ahly beat Real in the final

best overal African side (155 total trophies, including 25 continental ones) in the history of footie there versus best Euro (and world) side in history

They've beaten them in the past (a side with Zidane in it) - 

 

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4 hours ago, LAM09 said:

They've beaten them in the past (a side with Zidane in it) - 

 

Al-Ahly's lineup: Essam El-Hadary, Ashraf Amin, Shady Mohamed, Wael Gomaa, Saeed Abdel Aziz, Hossam Ghaly, Hady Khashaba, Ahmed Abu Muslim, Mohamed Gouda, Khaled Bebo, Alaa Ibrahim

 

roflmaoooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Real Madrid clinch Intercontinental Cup title with comfortable win over Pachuca

Having won three trophies in the original Intercontinental Cup, the predecessor to the current format that pitched the European and South American champions against each other, and five Club World Cups, Real have now won a combined total of nine global titles.

 

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-41539451.html

 

 

Real Madrid 3 Pachuca 0

Real Madrid won the Intercontinental Cup after beating Mexico's Pachuca 3-0 in a largely one-sided final on Wednesday, with Kylian Mbappe, Rodrygo and Vinicius Jr all on target.

Real did just enough to win comfortably and never looked likely to cede control despite allowing the CONCACAF champions to threaten occasionally from counter-attacks at the Lusail Stadium in Qatar.

The Champions League winners opened the scoring in the 37th minute with a fine team goal that started with Jude Bellingham passing to Vinicius Jr, who ran past the goalkeeper before putting it on a plate for Mbappe, who tapped it into the empty net.

Rodrygo extended their lead with a lovely effort in the 52nd minute when he beat two defenders before cutting back inside and curling a fine strike into the top corner with his right foot.

Vinicius Jr wrapped up an easy win for Real from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute after Oussama Idrissi fouled captain Lucas Vazquez inside the box.

Having won three trophies in the original Intercontinental Cup, the predecessor to the current format that pitched the European and South American champions against each other, and five Club World Cups, Real have now won a combined total of nine global titles.

"We are very happy for another title," Rodrygo told Spanish television channel Telecinco.

 

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe celebrates with his teammates after scoring the opening goal against CF Pachuca. Pic: AP Photo/Hussein Sayed.

"I was a bit anxious with the goal because Jude (Bellingham) was in front of the goalkeeper but he doesn't interfere with the play, so I'm happy to help the team.

"Vinicius is great, he is playing really well right now and we are pleased to have him with us. We have a great team and we are delighted."

Pachuca threatened with early strikes by Oussama Idrissi, Luis Rodriguez and Elias Montiel denied by keeper Thibaut Courtois, yet Real slowly started to take control of proceedings with Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo running the channels and Bellingham feeding both with dangerous passes into space.

Rodrygo and Bellingham had two great chances to score before Mbappe gave them the lead and Pachuca were lucky to go in at the break not losing by a wider margin as Real piled on the pressure.

After Rodrygo curled home Real's second goal seven minutes into the second half, manager Carlo Ancelotti made several changes.

His side then wasted several opportunities before Vazquez appealed for a foul inside the box that the referee didn't initially spot, but awarded a penalty after checking the VAR replay.

Vinicius's spot-kick was low to the right and goalkeeper Carlos Moreno got a hand on it, but it wasn't enough to keep it out from finding the back of the net.

Reuters

 

Edited December 18, 2024 by Vesper