The Club World Cup is uniting what Libertadores separates. Faced with the powerful Europeans, South American fans make alliance on the networks to support the teams that represent the region and to azar clubs from the old continent.
This whole union has been resulted in. In the first round, Conmebol (South American Football Confederation) clubs were unbeaten and demonstrated competitiveness against teams from UEFA (Union of European Football Associations).
Even the Mexican Monterrey, which belongs to Concacaf (Confederation of North America, Central and Caribbean soccer associations), was able to tie with the current runner-up of the Champions League, Inter Milan, expanding the Union to all of Latin America.
Unlike a World Cup of Selections, in which each team represents one nation, in this edition Brazil is the country with the largest number of representatives: Palmeiras, Flamengo, Fluminense and Botafogo, all the last four champions of the Copa Libertadores.
Thus, the discourse on social networks of Brazilians said to cheer for teams that did not qualify for the competition, but are supporting teams from the country.
The number of teams in Brazil directly influences the number of athletes in the country. Of all 32 teams, Brazilians are at the top among athletes, with 141 players.
Argentina is being represented by Boca Juniors and River Plate, for the good performance of the two teams in recent Libertadores, and is the second most represented nationality in the competition, with 103 athletes spread across the teams.
The unprecedented competition has provided comparisons and reflections on football on and off the pitch. After all, what would be the potential of the great European teams without South American athletes?
For those who cannot follow the tournament played in the US in person, social networks have been a stand, with tournament analysis, compliments and a lot of humor. See memes that are uniting South Americans at the unprecedented Club World Cup.
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