FIFA Is Just Starting Random Tournaments Now

[@acegarcia3719]

It is January 2070 and Real Madrid just won the inguinal Terra-Cup in Oman, tomorrow they have the Spherical-Sheild in China, followed by the Tournament of Clubs next week in the US not to be confused with the Cup of Clubs that takes place in April. In between these competitions that the players are in no way fatigued over is El Classico in Australia and four UCL matches in the expanded 128 team Champions League.

[@martymorrin9722]

Great comment I like what you did

[@oscarsoderberg6759]

2070? more like 2030 if they are keeping adding tournaments in this rate

[@oco4989]

😂😂😂😂😂.... okay okay....I have to give you credit for Humor...that was really good

[@liamthomas9622]

We got a new club World Cup and they've thought "you know what would help, bringing back the old version but as a completely different cup"

[@magicalhikari5859]

That’s pretty much what this is, yeah. It’s just the old CWC but in a different coat of paint

[@M-Soares]

To be fair, I kinda like it as a Brazilian because it’s annual. The Libertadores champion usually gets scrapped for parts by European clubs in the following transfer window, so it’s cool to watch them get the chance to play other continental champions before that.

[@mesiroy1234]

You anceltpi he doenst enough trophy, so let's make some new one And give the some poor Mexican team

[@ktbmk]

@@mesiroy1234 its literally an old trophy, the old CWC, the new one is the new CWC

[@GCAbleism158]

They probably made a promise to qatar or some shit.

[@mikkysteaders]

FIFA should start a tournament for teams with most point deductions.

[@tylercady3985]

Finally something Everton can win Please be good to us Friedkin. We're desperate for something other than pain

[@nateworkman4317]

Up the Toffees! Tbh I think Forest would win it this year

[@BonoImFaded]

Would love seeing everton battle some struggling team in argentina to face bordeaux in the final

[@mikkysteaders]

Everton would make it all the way to the final and win, only to be stripped of the title due to it regulations of the car park size of their new stadium

[@xenonn7275]

Lets go Vitesse!

[@pedrocachapuz5958]

So FIFA had the Club WC with the winners of each continental competition, then decided "We should change the format, expand the Club WC to 32 teams". Obviusly everyone assumed that the previous format was dead but FIFA was like "why? we can just call it some other name, make a sponsor deal with Aramco and collect the money at the end".

[@d4v1do]

It’s not the same format tho. It’s essentially a super cup now. Real Madrid played one game in this tournament

[@superuberviewer]

Yeah, it's not the same format at all. Instead it's a more convoluted bracket with champions entering at different stages and UEFA only playing the final.

[@phcmolina]

That is brutal for the south american teams as well. Botafogo not only played 73 games in 2024, but also went to Qatar and played 2 DAYS after the last game of the league season. The players were clearly exausted and the manager had to use the reserves, getting destroyed by the mexican team. That schedule is an absolute mess

[@ssoirr]

they lost to a mexican team lol

[@oco4989]

​@@ssoirr I knew u'll say that 😅

[@seanpierce2943]

It isn't a new tournament. Its the old club world cup format just now called the intercontinental cup and the UEFA winners don't have to play in the semi finals anymore.

[@exeterjedi6730]

Start a competition that's a single elimination cup between every team on Earth, randomised.

[@paulalexander8874]

Penicuik Athletic would still draw Musselburgh away... 🙄

[@oco4989]

It's Actually for the Confederation with Similarities.... ASIA, AFRICA and OCEANIAN are similar.... NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA are similar and the best from the 2 bunch will get to play the EUROPEANS who are the clear Powerhouses. ❤

[@andrewejc]

This tells us that Zealand did exactly zero research before filming. Real Madrid played exactly one game to win this cup, getting a pass straight through to the final. The Intercontinental Cup actually started on 22 September with the Africa-Asia-Pacific playoff. Only Pachuca and Al Ahly played more than one game in this tournament, with Pachuca getting it worst at 3.

[@oco4989]

I thought I was the only 1 that thought of this... Good analysis... Also like the fact that you mentioned Al Alhy.... How do you think the game went against Pachuca and if it was Al Alhy that played Madrid what would have been the score line

[@Carrenho997]

Wait until Zealand discovers that every game in this competition is a different competition with its own trophy

[@sehu1291]

Yeah that's crazy. You can win 4 trophys in one competition

[@Carrenho997]

For europeans, it is just one more game, they enter already in the final, but Botafogo had an adventure for getting there, they had 4 giant games in 12 days, they won the Libertadores (in Argentina), and couldn't celebrate because they had another important game coming in, then they won twice (away and at home) to be crowned Brasileirão champions, and again couldn't celebrate, just to get to Qatar, put on the reserves team, and got battered by Pachuca. If they went all the way to the final, it would be 6 title-contenders games in 19 days... with a lot of travelling between them (Buenos Aires - Rio - Porto Alegre - Rio - Doha) and time zone change. Also, I feel like being the "World/Intercontinental Champion" is the most important title only in Brazil and maybe in Argentina, because of the past when it was plausible that either the european champion or the south american champion became the world champions, and the opportunity of somehow winning against the european, which last happened in 2012 and since then there were 5 times when the Libertadores champions did not even get to the final.

[@RandomPerson-vu6yu]

South Americans already have an opportunity to compete against Europe and become world champions at the Club World Cup. The “intercontinental cup” is an unnecessary tournament for everyone involved.

[@Swedishpolymath]

@@RandomPerson-vu6yu The FIFA Club World Cup is being highjacked by the people I work for and will be played in Finland. There is also a FIFA Confederations Cup going to be played in Scotland as a pre tournament before the FIFA World Cup 2026 in England. People are "shielding" the "weak minded Americans feelings" over the fact that they are not the sole hegemony of the world anymore. There are loads of details that I don't even know right now but will soon enough.

[@omega1897]

@@RandomPerson-vu6yu the point is that Brazilian teams have little to no chance of winning the actual club World Cup, so we actually care about the intercontinental because it is more accessible which is unfortunate because it really is a pointless tournament.

[@israelbenitezjimenez533]

Pachuca Machuca

[@argy7526]

@@RandomPerson-vu6yu the intercontinental cup is made to determine the world champion between continental champions not rb salzburg and lower table brazillian cups like the actually unnecessary tournament that is the club world cup

[@Mateus_Carvalho]

FIFA now to introduce the eternally growing football schedule, very much like a Katamari, snowballing through the knees of exhausted players. Sponsored by Aramco.

[@timopint1125]

WE have still less Games than the 80s and 90s bro. Just think about the Double groups Euro League and bigger Premiere League. WE also Had more Cups in the 90s for pure sellout. whats Changes IS only the crying of the new Generation of footballer

[@Shakoer]

Zealand, Real Madrid could play a possible 70+ matches this season and are completing in 6-7 competitions. Even as a Madrid fan who loves to see my team win, this is too much. We've already had too many injuries with no promises of future signings till summer. This isn't just Real Madrid, The clubs that play in Europe now play extra games in the new format coupled with the new FIFA world cup. Every club is feeling the effect of this while the organization say that they acknowledge the schedule and then continue to keep adding more games every year. This is excluding international player and matches, where some players can play up to 70+ games a year.

[@docquanta6869]

The "lamb" in "on the lamb" isn't the animal but the same as "lambast". It means to hit or to beat and is being used like "beat it" or "hit the road".

[@matthewvalentine4688]

“On the lam” means “to escape.” “To lam” is a slang verb used to showcase this. It’s most prevalent in the case of escaping from the police, though it may appear in other situations too. Its origins date back to Old Norse, where the verb originally meant “to beat.” Lam rather than lamb is used in this idiom. “On the lam” developed alongside the phrase “beat it” in the late 1800s, and both meant to avoid getting clobbered (presumably by police).

[@mattpotter8725]

Never heard this phrase though I'd imagine it's big in Wales!!!

[@mikemorrison253]

For European teams, it's been made into the super cup. Meanwhile, the Spanish FA has turned the Spanish Super Cup into an actual tournament

[@NJTRAF]

Yup, “we care about player safety” FIFA doing FIFA things, chasing that Saudi blood money

[@janis7077]

qatar, but it's acquired in the same way.

[@swastikpadhy5179]

Stopped being on the run while not starting running. What a legend!

[@humphreymwanza9298]

No tournament is held in December, Confederation of African Football "Here hold my cup"

[@sehu1291]

WC 2034...

[@M-Soares]

They just renamed the club world cup because they wanted to use the name “club World Cup” for the new tournament that will happen in 2025

[@OrlovKruskayev]

There has been an intercontinental cup every year for decades. There is no way he didn’t know. This tournament is the one that they want to replace with the cwc. If it all of a sudden makes sense, yes. It does. So much so it’s been set up since the 70s. Why do you think there is demand for a cwc from places that are not Manchester and Madrid? It’s almost unbelievable zealand didn’t know about this. This is the last one before it becomes the cwc.

[@gaffer2602]

He knew it as the old club world cup. It hasn't been called the intercontinental cup in over 20 years

[@sehu1291]

​@@gaffer2602in over 60 years. This is how old this competition is

[@gaffer2602]

@sehu1291 it was '79-'04

[@argy7526]

@@gaffer2602 1960*-2004

[@sehu1291]

@@gaffer2602 no since 1960. Until 2004. It was called Intercontinental Cup or Copa Europea-Sudamericana . Pele is record goalscorer. Puskas and di Stefano won it, Eusebio won it, Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller won it for example.

[@mattshark7665]

As a zoologist …… gonna have to point out that’s baby goats are kids and lambs are baby sheep 😂

[@MathewBallardTheOne]

I mean… Real Madrid only had to play one match in this “tournament”.

[@echarts3710]

My argument is: Make it as an annual Club World Cup, but as a 12 team tournament played in late July. It will be much more exciting than the tournament we saw for years, but also it can be used as preparation tournament for European clubs similar to friendly tournaments in USA. FIFA would actually have it in 2001, but it was cancelled due to the collapse of its market partner ISL.

[@Blazecfc]

They made the Club World Cup but decided to rebrand the old one 😂

[@mikeavina168]

It pops up in fm24 I’ve played it. I used my 2nd squad and a bunch of youth

[@NegaRenGenX2gay2lift]

i ONLY use my low potential youth players in this. they always beat a saudi team

[@qBeYcarpet]

6:29 Money, money, money!

[@thargoff]

So, over the last 20-25 years or so FIFA has stopped the old Intercontinental Cup (not yet with the FIFA moniker and only between the champions of SA and EU), created a one-off Club World Cup in 2000, while the Intercontinental Cup was still running, but then rebranded the Intercontinental Cup to Club World Cup and extended it to all continents, then created a new Club World Cup version to be held every 4 years, but then rebranded the old/current Club World Cup format as the now "FIFA" Intercontinental Cup with the old format of the Club World Cup, to be held every year but making it look like it is the first "Fifa" Intercontinental Cup? Yeah, of course, makes sense...

[@mrannonymous4822]

This is basically the club world cup rebranded so what the hell is the point of the expanded club world cup?! 😂😂

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

To have a huge club World Cup tournament instead of a one game knockout tourney. The old format was to stale.

[@agusganji]

This tournament has been played every year ... in December 😂 it even is in Football Manager, what are you on about brother? It was played in Japan until the middle east found oil

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Just needs to get a rant out I guess??

[@sehu1291]

But everyone thought it will be out of the calendar because it's now obsolete with the big Club World Cup every 4 years

[@gracielynn9623]

I love the new large club World Cup. I’m actually excited for it. Thisintercontinental cup thing is stupid. My one issue with the new club World Cup 32 team format is that clubs like RB Salzburg from Austria are in it. Look, I’d rather, for the continents that get more than four spots, include the Europa league and conference champions for Europe and the two best Copa suta Americana champions for CONMEBOL. At least they won something.

[@sehu1291]

Better kick one of the two MLS clubs out. Inter Miami won not even the MLS let alone International trophys

[@croissantpower]

It’ll just be a friendly summer competition no one cares about.

[@gracielynn9623]

@@sehu1291 well FIFA gets to decide what club from the domestic competition makes the tournament. There are no defined qualification methods for that one spot.

[@NASCARTruckSeries]

Glad to hear you talk about haw many tournaments there are. I just started following football more this year and every week for a while I was learning about a new tournament that some big club or player was in.

[@TheShruik]

I can't wait for european teams to implode in January 2026. You have league games without a winter break, domestic cup games, 2 CL/EL games due to the new mode AND the african cup of nations. For exemple Liverpool this season has a match every 3-4 days from January 11. to 29. Now add AFCON to that. I think if a single big team goes on a big losing streak during that time we might see change...

[@nursport123]

Yearly Club WC with 8 teams: 6 continental champions, 1 title holder, 1 host team. 2 groups of 4, semi final, final. Just like the first edition in Brazil in 2000.

[@KT-ki6gz]

It’s all to feed FIFA’s oil money addiction

[@tonypatino1765]

But its not random lol. The new format for the club world cup doesnt take place till next year so this tournament serves to fill the gap year and continue with the current format

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Exactly we still want to see this event happen every year as a filler but the club World Cup is the main prize still.

[@matheusfiorelli8829]

7:35 all they had to do was naming this tornament "Club World Championship", and leave the tournament happening next year as the "Club World Cup" also, the original "Intercontinental Cup/Club World Cup" was always held in December, like why you surprised it happened now? FIFA even gave UEFA a free pass to the final after UEFA cried about it (cause upsets totally never happened in the history of this sport) also also, South American teams have always had their seasons split in half due National Team tournaments (World Cup, Copa América, Eurocup, etc) and those are month long tournaments, my team was once really harmed by these breaks (in 2010 São Paulo was having a good streak reaching the Libertadores semifinals, but the tournament paused for the WC and the team lost its momentum and got eliminated) the current "Intercontinental Cup" was a 2 game deal for Europeans till last year, so sorry if i dont shed a tear for Europeans having to play 1 extra game per season, and dont get me started on travel fatigue, cause just look at any Brazilian team milage this year

[@ckfks]

Z: no tournaments are being played in December Last world cup: actually

[@sehu1291]

Every match have his own trophy btw. If you win the match before the final you won the Challengers Cup for example. If the Team from New Zealand would win they would go home with 4 trophys

[@crisnoria3757]

I used to watch the Intercontinental Cup every year, LOVED it when it was back in Japan. I never understood why it never got any recognition in North America, but it really had some of the best games. They should have just revamped it and put more money into advertising.

[@BossmanVx]

Wasnt the club world cup played in December every year?

[@ClellCarnesIII]

Glad I wasn't the only one confused by random match results popping up in my feed from a competition I've never heard of

[@argy7526]

dude the intercontinental cup exists ever since the 60s it was a match between the south american and european champions until the club world cup added in the other continental champions (and now has turned into a joke) and has always been played in december unlike in basketball where the NBA champion self proclaims themselves as world champion (whilst refusing to play the european champion and cries about it... celtics 👀) in football we have a tournament that gives this title

[@ieuandeakin6497]

As said by a certain legend - Money!

[@robbiebalboa]

The upcoming one is ridiculous, by the time the tournament come around you’ll have not a single Chelsea player from the very side that one the CL in 2021.

[@CortesCansados]

fluminense is qualified and only by a slim marging won't be challenging it as a second division team...

[@robbiebalboa]

@ that would be crazy considering they only won the Libertadores 2 years ago.

[@CortesCansados]

@@robbiebalboa not even two. it was last year. and that's brazilian league for you 😂

[@Christophee1987]

I saw the name and assumed they restored the old Intercontinental Cup, a one-off match between the European and South American champions which existed before the CWC was created in 2005. Actually they're just using that old name for this pointless new tournament they've created using the teams who would have qualified for the old CWC, but with a weird new format.

[@ssoirr]

a really good mexican midfielder was noticed as the 3rd best player in the tournament, atleast young talent is still being found in these tournaments

[@sjeskey8361]

The Intercontinental cup is back, it's the 90s baby where's Ryan Giggs in Tokyo

[@sehu1291]

It's crazy to give trophys to 4 teams at one small tournament

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

Podcast mentioned 🗣 Julian mentioned 🗣

[@oco4989]

5:12. It's not a major international tournament... it's just a way to keep competitiveness among the Confederations

[@israelbenitezjimenez533]

Being a football content creator and not knowing the existence of this tournament? 💀🤣

[@BrendanP]

I had no clue this tournament happened. I first heard about it this afternoon by looking at an Instagram story posted by Fernando Alonso, lol 😂😂

[@alexingram2944]

Ah yes plan A and plan A2 My favorite way to number plans

[@harikrishnannu4161]

Will we have a world heavyweight championship cup or maybe money in bank which gives a team to cash in between a final

[@midnite382]

It’s the Roman Circus. What does the Emperor do when the people become restive, and when the people are asking questions. When the people don’t like the policies of the Emperor, he sends them to circus! He creates a circus, fills a giant coliseum, and he begins to throw the Christians to the lions. And he has great chariot races. And football games. And basketball games. All to keep the idiots preoccupied with things that don’t mean anything in the scheme of the entire world.” 😮

[@JunkaccountforIkeMandavi-ox4ph]

Day 4 of giving Everton a 10 point deduction until zealand acknowledges me

[@Buffalo31]

Why? 😊🤔

[@austinaka571]

Great video as always. Please Talk about Vermont Soccer‼️

[@ganaed]

Didn't bro talk about this cup a few weeks ago? Lol

[@gaffer2602]

That's the other one

[@ganaed]

@@gaffer2602 yeah but I could've sworn he mentioned it in passing. May have been another KZbinr

[@gaffer2602]

@ganaed maybe. He could have been talking about the old format, though

[@miguelmercieca1043]

Well we still needed a tournament to show who is the best team in the world annually

[@pert-smith]

I genuinely had the same reaction as Zealand. I heard Intercontinental Cup and thought it was just PES or FC, some non-licensed video game. Then I read more and realised it was just the same thing as the Club World Cup. I used to joke that FIFA is anti-football. Now, I fully believe it.

[@McPilch]

On the LAM...... And Zealand is one of the smarter Muricans... 😅

[@domenicdaluz1677]

So fifa had the club wc with all the contenental champions. Then they got jealous of fifa and create a world cup for the worlds "best teams". Then you go ahead and rebrand the old one.

[@Cbobley]

I have the same NYCFC kit! 🔥🔥🔥 (my local club, but I'm more of a Dortmund fan)

[@elian8595]

This is not a new tournament. This is from a time when south american teams could and often did win against the european champions. That was the appeal. This is not FIFA "adding more games" this is an OLD competition.

[@gaffer2602]

The old intercontinental cup was discontinued 20+ years ago

[@Lucas-dg4zn]

@@gaffer2602and then substituted by a competition which was pretty much it’s direct continuation and which just changed names and had a little change in the rules. So yeah still an old tournament

[@ajblowers]

I don't understand how this is news to you. This tournament has been held every year for I don't even know how long. This is the first year it's had this name, given that the Club World Cup has been created, but as someone who speaks with authority about this sort of thing I really don't understand how this isn't something you were previously aware of.

[@cstmollins]

Their greed never ends

[@Fish1pm]

Next year barcalona vs Copenhagen for the super shield in dubai tomorrow we got luton town vs al naser for the fifa toutre us trophy

[@callumedwards4003]

The Lamb is underage, and therefore is not allowed in the Club

[@Mr_Hassell]

This tournament has existed since 1960. Funny enougn Real Madrid also won the first edition in 1960.

[@willster947]

The purpose is money. Madrid and Barca are playing in a mickey mouse league that draws minimal money. The European league failed for them and they got to do something! Teams like Chelsea are now businesses and they will also do anything to make more money.

[@hspeedful]

10:45 BINGO!

[@jackpedersen2123]

Im happy with the Intercontinental cup! any time, a African, Asian or one from the americas, are able to compete and earn money from a match against a european team is good! the european teams could, just send the u21s, if it is such an issue. Way to europe/status-quo-centric on this take, Zealand.

[@brownie62]

Real Madrid is just playing the final

[@Stfguac]

It's cool, quatar is paying for this one

[@ninanano]

I thought it was just a new version of the Intertoto Cup

[@sehu1291]

Btw no TV provider wanted to pay the insane amount for the Club World Cup. Then the state fund of Saudi-Arabia bought shares in DAZN and now DAZN shows the tournament for free and FIFA gets a billion (!) for this rubbish and the few matches that are at least interesting on paper. So basically Saudi-Arabia gifted the Fifa a billion because they made no money from it because they show it for free on DAZN. This Saudi-Arabia and Fifa connection is so fucked up

[@oco4989]

It's Actually for the Confederation with Similarities.... ASIA, AFRICA and OCEANIAN are similar.... NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA are similar and the best from the 2 bunch will get to play the EUROPEANS who are the clear Powerhouses. ❤

[@timopint1125]

the 90s and 80s Had way more Games... bigger PL. Double groups stages in CL.... WE are still 8 Games shorter nowadays

[@PalXen]

Fifa forgets, players ain't robots, all this for the sake of profits

[@Buffalo31]

I thought this had been around under this name for years, but if it's just the old world cup repackaged than I don't get it.

[@ellipticalsoul]

bring back the Anglo-Italian Cup

[@Dinoo1234]

I had to Google what it was 😭

[@Cartman643]

The fifa intercontinental cup was the fifa club World Cup before 2005 and then it turned into the fifa club World Cup and now it’s back to the intercontinental cup again because of the 2025 fifa club World Cup in the USA and the reason why it’s in December because it back in Qatar which is burning hot in the summer months that’s why world 2022 and World Cup 2034 will be played in December and they picked a perfect day because there’s only one match day left for European matches because everywhere else and the winner of the champions league since it’s the second biggest trophy in the world after the World Cup they only have to play the final

[@berumenpedro1617]

American doesn't watch the format and assumes Madrid played 50 games

[@guyadamniederhauser2998]

You’re definitely not on the run.

[@Jøtis01]

6:57 money

[@meelooxavier6502]

Well, the qataris really need to find some use for the useless stadiums they built for the WC. FIFA is just being an good friend (while collecting probably more than half the money) 😂

[@williamcross210]

Didn't that used to be called the Confederation's Cup? I mean when it was national teams

[@gaffer2602]

That's coming back as well, I believe. This was called the intercontinental cup until around '02

[@guyincognito8019]

The bigger question is why a Saudi oil company is sponsoring a tournament in Qatar? Don't they hate each other?

[@bennib5]

money money money

[@franohmsford7548]

lam not lamb - different words

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Why do you have to complain about this tourney? It’s only one match for the european champ relax. Are you not keeping up with the fifa calendar? This event has always been held in late December. Nothing wrong with bring this event back to their lineup and we still want to see all the champions league winners compete each year for a title! Guess all the pervious Club World Cup titles are now part of the intercontinental cup now according to FIFA.

[@normharr]

Any team that rests its players should be deducted 30 points. Unacceptable!

[@enderofruina2973]

My team plays only league games it's not allowed to do anything else. A-league at its finest

[@williamcross210]

It's lam not lamb. Lam means to flee hastily and also to beat soundly. Maybe you should learn more or someone will beat you soundly

[@IamPrxmetheus]

How about you talk about the Dani Olmo situation at Barca

[@lorddeox]

But FIFA needed to find another way for the poor petrostates to funnel them money to hand them everything they could want. /s by the way

[@oco4989]

And please... It's just a game the European team have to play.... Don't make it sound like a big deal... I mean the team from the OFC will have to play 4 games to win the deam thing 😅

[@veldrensavoth7119]

*Talk about NEwYAORKYANNNIT*

[@alex-qr6ci]

Africa will be a country one day🥹

[@Flying_Skier]

Z it has to be in December because they're playing in Qatar