LIVE: Liverpool vs Flamengo | FIFA Club World Cup 2019 FINAL
Time: 19:30 Cairo Local Time | 12:30 ET Canada – USA
Venue: Khalifa Int’l Stadium
The Club World Cup is a fascinating competition and while many fans don’t like the fact that it takes place in the middle of December, it’s still provided us with an awful lot of entertainment over the years – and that’s been especially true across the last few games of this year’s competition.
Today, we’re going to take a look at the final which takes place this weekend between England’s Liverpool and Brazil’s Flamengo in Doha.
Liverpool
Liverpool are competing on several fronts this season but up to this point, they seem to be handling the pressure fairly well. The reigning Champions of Europe have certainly set their sights on winning the Premier League for the first time and that much is obvious, but they aren’t just going to drop all of the other competitions they’re involved in. They want that gold badge on their shirt to ensure they’re recognized as world champions, and as the favourites, they’ll feel a certain responsibility to live up to that.
Matip, Lovren, Fabinho and Clyne will all miss out here, with the expectation being that van Dijk could also be absent once again as a result of his recent illness. Wijnadlum is also a doubt following the semi-final.
Flamengo
Flamengo are well known for being one of the most famous clubs to originate from Brazil which, as we all know, is the nation that many credit with perfecting the beautiful game. Alas, while many fans may choose to believe that their lack of resources in comparison to the Reds could hurt them, they’ve still got quite a few game-winners that are capable of producing the goods against literally any other team on the face of the planet. Whether or not they can pull it off against Liverpool, though, remains to be seen.
It’s a clean bill of health for Flamengo heading into the final with Filipe Luis and Barbosa being two of the players that Liverpool will be fearful of.
The fast, attacking threat of Flamengo is going to cause Liverpool problems whether they want to admit that or they don’t. However, if they come forward with their strongest starting XI available to them, then we see no reason as to why they shouldn’t be able to get the job done. We’re expecting plenty of goals from both sides in what should be an incredibly entertaining final, and we wouldn’t be entirely surprised to see this one go beyond 90 minutes – but we’re still backing Liverpool to win.
LIVE: Liverpool vs Flamengo | FIFA CWC FINAL
Time: 19:30 Cairo Local Time | 12:30 ET Canada – USA
FT: Liverpool 1-0 Flamengo
