Coach+player+fan all complained...FIFA President Is the Most Successful Club Championship in Out-of-Fluid Speech

Jul 13, 2025

Coachplayerfan all complained...FIFA President Is the Most Successful Club Championship in Out-of-Fluid Speech
AFP Yonhap News



FIFA President Gianni Infantino called the 2025 Club World Cup a "successful".

"The Club World Cup is already the world's most successful club competition," Infantino said at an event held at Trump Tower in New York on the 13th (Korea time), a day before the Club World Cup final. The golden age of global club football has begun."

The Club World Cup, which began with the aim of determining the world's strongest professional soccer player, has greatly expanded the size of a total of 32 teams to play for more than a month, from only six continental champions and host teams. The total prize money is $1 billion (about 1.3795 trillion won), and the winning team will be able to collect about $100 million (about 137.9 billion won) in prize money and allowances. However, complaints erupted around European big clubs over the Club World Cup, which will be held during the break after the season's schedule. When Real Madrid caused a stir over its boycott nuances, there was an explanation.




Controversy continued even after the competition was held. Games in the eastern United States, the venue, were often delayed for hours due to lightning forecasts, and complaints were made in the western region due to heat waves and hard ground conditions. In teams other than Europe and South America, the number of spectators may not reach 10,000, and there were many voices about 's sluggish performance'.

Coachplayerfan all complained...FIFA President Is the Most Successful Club Championship in Out-of-Fluid Speech
AFP Yonhap News
In response, Infantino said "There were talks that the Club World Cup would be financially impossible, but the tournament generated more than $2 billion (about 2.7 trillion won). It earned an average of $33 million per game, which is larger than any other cup tournament in the world." Regarding the box office issue "Of course, there are positive and negative aspects, but the competition was successful. More than 2.5 million people entered the stadium, which is about 40,000 people per game", he said, stressing that "except for the English Premier League (EPL), these figures are not seen in any league in the world". However "Heat is a global problem. It was the same at the Paris Olympics, at other football games"We need to find improvements such as cooling brakes and water spraying on the ground," he said, acknowledging the weather problem. Then "Still (2026), the number of stadiums with roofs will increase during the North-China World Cup." We will be able to use this stadium during the day."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.