Barcelona faces a very difficult task in order to appear in the World Cup.
Aside from achieving the continental title, the current edition of the Champions League is witnessing a major battle between the Spanish giant Barcelona and its compatriot Atletico Madrid. To qualify for the 2025 Club World Cup with its “new system”, through classification.
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Barcelona qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2023-2024 Champions League; By overcoming the obstacle of Napoli, Italy; Atletico Madrid joined him on Wednesday evening, after overturning a 1-0 deficit against Inter in the first leg, winning on penalty kicks in the second leg, after the end of regular and extra time with a lead (2-1).
According to the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”, Atletico’s victory over Inter Milan is part of Barcelona’s qualification for the Club World Cup – via classification – which will be held in the summer of 2025, with the participation of 24 teams from different continents.
The newspaper revealed that the Spanish capital team raised its score in the classification to 65 points, after reaching the quarter-finals of the European Champions League, with a difference of 6 points from the Catalan giant.
Accordingly, Barcelona needs to qualify for at least the semi-finals of the Champions League in the current sporting season, with two wins and a draw in one, in addition to Atletico Madrid losing its two matches in the round of 8.
The newspaper indicated that if this were to be achieved; Barcelona will then be tied on points with Atletico; But the advantage will be his, due to achieving a greater number of points in the current edition of the continental championship.
It is worth noting that Barcelona has suffered a significant decline at the continental level in recent years. Which makes his mission to reach the semi-finals “extremely difficult,” especially with all of Europe’s top players in the round of 8.
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