Fifa changed the rule: Modrić and Real are one step closer to a new trophy

World Football Organization Fifa announced on Friday that the first edition of the Intercontinental Cup will include five matches, a Real Madrid He will perform in the final on December 18 in Doha. This tournament replaces the World Club Championship, which will be held every four years in the future. The next edition is scheduled for 2025, and 32 clubs will participate in it.

Asian Champions League winners Al Ain will face Oceania champions Auckland City on September 22. The winner of that match will compete against the African champion, Al Ahly, and the match will be held on October 29 in Cairo. Also, the matches will be played on the fields of the better-ranked teams in the Fifa rankings so that the fans can support their clubs at home.

After those meetings, the tournament continues in Doha, where on December 11, the winner of the Copa Libertadores will play against Mexican team Pachuca, the winner of the competition of clubs from North and Central America and the Caribbean. That duel is known as the “American Derby”. The winning team from that match will face the better team from the previous match in Cairo on December 14 in the Challenger Cup, where it will be decided who will challenge Real Madrid in the grand final. Luka Blueć and his teammates will fight for the title on Qatar National Day, which is celebrated on the same day as the second anniversary of the 2022 World Cup final between Argentina and France.

In contrast to the previous format of the Club World Cup, Real Madrid, as the winnerč Champions League, will have to win only one game to win the trophy, while earlier the tournament started in the semi-finals.