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For Gianni Infantino, the International Kickerturnier in the USA, which ended yesterday (July 13th) with the final FC Chelsea against Paris Saint Germain (3-0), of course ended, a blast. “The golden age of club football has started,” enthused the FIFA president in the highest tones. “We can definitely say that this FIFA Club World Championship was a huge success.”
Before the power-conscious Italian could continue to indulge in numbers, he first had to keep US President Donald Trump in check, who was a “gateecrasher” at the victory celebration. As an intruder in the glitter confetti, hustle and bustle of the team from the west of London.
35 minutes before the game kicked off, Trump and his wife Melania fluttered with the presidential helicopter “Marine One” from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on the nearby Teterboro Airport.
The US President, who arrived at the Metlife Stadium during applause and boos, followed the Chelsea victory, in which wing players Cole Palmer scored a double pack and Joao Pedro.
“What does it do?”
After the subsequent handover of the “Man of the Match” trophy to double-clay Cole and the cup handover to the team, Trump didn’t want to know about clearing the jubilee podium. According to the lip reader experts from the English tabloid press, Palmer seemed to mumble the words: “What does he do there?”
With the handover of the trophies, he was asked by Infantino to leave the stage, which the 79-year-old nonchalantly dexed. He just stopped and mingled with the team. A fan wrote among the numerous comments on social media: “Trump has ruined the Chelsea celebration photo”.
“We were already a little irritated,” Palmer admitted to the following press conference. Captain James REECE had raised the golden circular disc stormy – and Trump’s glue on the podium gave the clap – and made it to all the pictures.
“We will see what the future brings us. We will make it better, we have harvested criticism and we have to do it better,” FIFA boss said elastic in a first record. The numbers speak for him without giving up: a total of 2.5 million people would have come to the stadiums before the final, around 40,000 spectators per game. A total of $ 2.1 billion was achieved, which corresponds to an average of $ 33 million per game.
It is not yet clear where the next club World Cup takes place in 2029. Several countries have publicly announced their interest: Spain, Portugal and Morocco want to carry out a kind of dress rehearsal for the 2030 World Cup with the club tournament. Brazil has already signaled interest compared to FIFA.