Arsen Venagar called the tournament a “spectacular competition” and has rejected the criticism of FIFA’s 32-Team Club World Cup, FIFA’s 32-Team Club World Cup, emphasizing the support from the participating teams, players and managers.
Clop, former Liverpool Manager, described as expanded summer competition “The worst idea ever invented” Die Wales two weeks ago in an interview with the German newspaper. Vengar, now heads of FIFA’s global football development, fought these comments during a FIFA Technical Studies Group (TSG) briefing in New York on Thursday.
“Everyone is entitled to an opinion, and I do not share the idea of Jargon clop at all,” Venagar told reporters. “I think a club World Cup, a real club World Cup was required. If you do an inquiry with all the clubs today that was here in this competition, I am basically sure that we have 100% answers to those who want to do so again. So it is basically the best answer.”
Vengar also indicated unexpectedly high appearance figures as proof of the success of the competition.
He said, “The decisive question is whether fans like it? The appearance was low, but in fact, they were too much. The answer is,” he said.
The tournament has given FIFA a test ground before the 2026 World Cup, which will be in North America. Vengar admitted that heat in the United States faced challenges, but said that FIFA had learned valuable lessons to address these issues.
“Summer was a problem in some sports,” Vengar accepted. “We tried to compete to compete with watering the pitches during the cooling break and brakes. We learned a lot on that front.”
He sang Orlando as one of the places where the pitch situation proved difficult, although he praised the quality of natural grass pitch. Philadelphia surface, he said, will serve as a benchmark for future competitions in America
Further, Vengar said that FIFA is considering using stadiums covered in cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles and Houston to host the opening matches in the next year’s tournament. He also revealed that FIFA analysts have studied the heat effect on the player’s performance, finding that the temperature above 35 ° C (95 ° F) affects high -speed running and affects more sprints than the overall distance.
“Surely next year, there will be more roof stadiums as we have to follow the TV schedule. We are learning to be better equipped to deal with these terms,” Vengar said.
Inauguration 32-Team Club World Cup concluded on Sunday, with Paris St.-Germen Chelsey In the final at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
