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FIFA includes Pachuca and León as participants in the Club World Cup

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By Edgardo Avelar

Nov 15, 2024, 17:21 PM EST

Faced with the controversy that has generated the inclusion of Pachuca Tuzos and the Esmeraldas del León in the next Club World Cup, despite the timeshare they share, this Friday FIFA included them in its announcement with 31 of the 32 participating teams for next year’s great event.

Despite this announcement, The participation of both Mexican soccer teams is not a factsince FIFA in recent days announced a new regulation that prohibits participating teams from the same owner from being included in this great international event.

In this way, what León and Pachuca won on the field over LAFC in the 2023 Concachampions final and Pachuca over the Columbus Crew In this same event, their participation has remained up in the air beyond this publication where they are included among 31 of the 32 teams that will seek the universal title at the club level endorsed by FIFA:

For now, the official account of the FIFA Club World Cup shared a publication in which it placed all the participating squads, such as Esmeraldas and Tuzos, along with Real Madrid, Manchester City, Boca Juniors and River Plate, among some others, which is why doubts have arisen regarding whether the highest body will finally give his approval for the participation of the Aztec squads.

This publication appears one day after FIFA unveiled the trophy that the squad that wins the first edition of clubs under this modality that the highest football organization has implemented will be awarded.

Efforts to participate are underway

The directors of Pachuca and León are aware that at a moment’s notice FIFA could enforce this regulation to cause only one of the two teams to be able to participate, The Pachuca Group has started its argument with the sending of documents under the precept that this rule should have been announced four years before and not on the eve of the competition.

⚽️ Although controversy persists over the participation of Pachuca and León in the 2025 Club World Cup due to timeshare rules, both teams are officially included in the draw.https://t.co/hQw33jtpxY

— EXPRESO (@Expresoweb) November 12, 2024

The managers of the Mexican teams intend to retroactivelyto the decision, because they are convinced that these guidelines should have been stipulated four years ago, when the qualification process for the Club World Cup began”, therefore, the matter will have a lot of material to cut from in the coming days and the high points of the contest.

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