The only possible alternative left is the joint-Southeast Asian bid then. It'll almost certainly go to Saudi Arabia now.
risingsuncoc
joined 11 months ago
Can Botafogo not screw this up?
The stands look miles away from the pitch, though I understand not all stadiums are football only.
It's owned by the municipality. SC Braga is the principal tenant of the stadium and pays a token monthly rent of €500.
They will probably get their act together eventually and finish in mid table
Club competitions are also split into zones, not a big fan of this but I guess the sheer geographic size of AFC and clubs having less resources makes it impractical to have a truly continent wide competition until the later stages.
I've always liked how clean the CONMEBOL World Cup qualification is, just all 10 teams in a round robin league table format with 18 games. In contrast AFC is so huge there are so many rounds of qualifying to go through.
I struggle to find how the revamped Club World Cup will have much appeal. They are basically disregarding the many decades' history of the Intercontinental Cup/ yearly CWC format for a new 4 year tournament that is more associated with national teams.