Empty stadiums, non -identical teams: What is wrong with the FIFA World Cup? | Football news

When the FIFA 2025 World Cup opened on Saturday, Lionel Messi, who can be said that the greatest football player in the world, made his charm on the field as a group of former stars – David Beckham, Ronaldo, Kaka, Beto, Roberto Baggio and Javier Zanetti – I saw from their solid seats in Rock Rock in Miami.

While Messi was unable to score any goals in Inter Miami’s 0-0 withdrawal Against the Egyptian club, football fans appeared in thousands to watch the leadership of its Argentine team in what could be the goals festival for the host side.

Organizers, led by FIFA president Gianni InfantinoHe seemed pleased with the opening of the championship and was hoping to increase the goals, viewers and popularity with the club’s World Cup progress.

Infantino has been dealt with Championship As his personal project, he aims to bring the largest football names to the United States, one of the participating hosts of the FIFA 2026 World Cup.

From the last extraordinary minute addition From Miami in Miami to the main clouds, for his attempts in temptation Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo to sign a participant club and increase the winner of the winner through 35 million dollars, FIFA president withdrew all stations to support his great announcement that the club’s World Cup is “the beginning of a historical thing that would change our sport for the better.”

However, three days in the championship, which FIFA described as the club’s most club competition, failed to match the noise created by the Sports Government Authority.

Here is what happened in the club’s World Cup so far:

Schedule of bad matches and exhausting the player

Starting It is scheduled At noon and local time at 3 pm on hot summer days, players deal with difficult circumstances. Some of these teams ended the seasons of the full league and cup competition in their countries and the Confederation.

Others – from the United States, South America and Oceania – were arrested in their regular seasons and will return to their league tournaments after the club’s World Cup.

The tournament was criticized by regional football bodies and players’ unions long before the first kick of the opening match.

“The decision today to star in the FIFA World Cup is between June 15 and July 13 without implementing more guarantees of players’ work, indicating not to consider mental and physical health for the participating players, in addition to ignoring their personal and family life, “Yonion Vivabro said in a statement when it was issued in 2024.

The statement added: “Severe mental and physical pressures at the top of the game are the main concern of players who suffer from multiple competitions for the club and the national team, which leads to fatigue, physical injuries, mental health issues, diminishing performance and risks throughout the career.”

FIFPRO called for the player’s health and safety regulations as the “issue of urgency”, but this failed to deter FIFA from tampering with the schedule.

Unparalleled difference and dead rubber

Auckland City, a club composed of amateur players who hold a full day’s jobs, opened his campaign against Bayern Munich, the European champion six times and was delivered 10-0.

The 34 times German heroes scored, who won the full -power team, four goals in the first 21 minutes of the game against Auckland’s unhappiness.

Add to this the fact that the match looked more than the practice more than the Bundesliga team, where Bayern Vincent coach said: “The next match against Boca Juniors will be the most prominent in the group stage.”

While the Minnows and the preferences are often moved together in world championships such as the FIFA World Cup, the Uchsia Oakland champion will also face Argentine Boca Juniors and the Portuguese Benfica side in a very difficult withdrawal of the team from New Zealand.

It looks unfair to a team 4,957 in the world was ranked in power rankings on Opta to take over the sixth place (Bayern Munich), 24 (Benfica) and 131 (Boca Juniors).

Empty stadiums and low ticket sales

Messi-Mania brought the crowds in the opening match of the tournament in Miami on June 14, and the European Champions Atletico Madrid crushed 80,000 Los Angeles fans in the famous Rose Ball after one day, the same thing can be said about some other formulations.

Chelsea meeting against LAFC on Monday in Mercedes -Benz stadium In Atlanta it was played in front of less than a third of the stadium’s ability.

The United States -based aspect is often headquartered to approach the fully capacity crowds in their home place in Los Angeles, and Chelsea rarely plays in front of many empty seats, both at home or away.

The blatant contrast of supporters of Stamford Bridge prompted London to Chelsea director Enzo Marisca to say that the atmosphere in Atlanta was “a little strange.”

A 71,000 -match of the match match 3 pm, in front of 22137 spectators.

“I think the environment was a bit strange,” Marisca said after the match.

Of the 36 group games, 13 will be in the afternoon on the day of the week and up ticket Sales of the first stage of the championship may mean that the organizers will struggle to fill places.

Strict security measures, which include the presence of border patrol officials, and the provision of passports as evidence of identity, may prevent the fans from mobilizing places.