One World Cup is over, another is just around the corner. The planetary tournament in Qatar has ended when it comes to national teams, while in a little more than a month the competition for the planetary crown in the club competition begins. It is already known that the tournament will be held in Morocco, so FIFA confirmed that the first match will be played on February 1 and the last on February 11.Seven clubs will participate in the championship. Real Madrid represent Europe, Flamengo are there for South America, Wydal Casablanca and Al Ahly are the best African teams, Seattle Sounders come for North America, Auckland City from Oceania, and Al Hilal is invited, because the champion of Asia is not yet known and will be determined only on May 23.Al Ahly and Auckland are supposed to play the first match. Then, in the second round, the winner of that duel will join Al Hilal, Wydad and Seattle. It has yet to be determined who will meet whom, and the better team will advance to the semi-finals, where Real and Flamengo are already waiting.Teams set to compete for the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco:🇧🇷 Flamengo (CONMEBOL)🇸🇦 AlHilal Saudi Club (AFC)🇪🇸 Real Madrid C.F. (UEFA)🇪🇬 Al Ahly SC (CAF)🇲🇦 Wydad Athletic Club (Hosts)🇺🇸 Seattle Sounders FC (CONCACAF)🇳🇿 Auckland City (OFC)Date: 1 and 11 February 2023 pic.twitter.com/oSsIZhOuJO— Mayuku Charles (@MayukuCharles) December 23, 2022 As far as Real are concerned, the biggest concern is that the competition in Morocco will drastically affect their alredy packed calendar. Although FIFA has not yet determined when the semi-finals are scheduled, there is every chance that they will be on one of the three days (February 7, 8 or 9). The FIFA Club World Cup forces all participants to be at the venue three days before their first match in the tournament. Then it would mean that Carlo Ancelotti’s chosen team would have to leave Madrid on February 6th, and in some variants on February 3rd at the latest, and the problem is that there are already scheduled games in that period.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Specifically: Real are scheduled to play a La Liga match on January 31 or February 1, which will be postponed in the meantime due to participation in the Spanish Super Cup tournament (from February 11 to 15 in Saudi Arabia, Real, Barcelona, Valencia and Betis participate). A visit to Mallorca is scheduled for February 4 and 5, the first match of the Copa del Rey semi-final on February 8 or 9 (if Real get there, which is expected), and Los Blancos should play Elche at home on February 11 or 12, while on February 18 the go to Pamplona. On top off all that, it is worth adding that on February 21, Real will play the first match of the round of 16 of the Champions League with Liverpool.##NAJAVA_MECA_6909074##Considering such a condensed schedule, it is clear that Real will have to postpone some games. So far, the assumption is that it could be in the semi-finals of the SPanish cup and in La Liga with Elche.But then another question arises: when will those matches be played if Real make it to the finals of the Champions League and Copa del Rey? Possibly during the international break within the qualification window for the EURO 2024, although it is clear that then Madrid would be weakened by the absence of a large number of their footballers.
