World Cup: Friday with several new features from FIFA; Spanish farewell and +

The 2022 Qatar World Cup is coming to an end and, this Friday (16), FIFA gave some spoilers about the news that will come in the coming years. Follow the highlights of the World Cup with Curto.

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Gabriela Gonçalves

December 16, 2022, 14:15 PM

Dashboard 🔎

There is no game today World cup, but check out the calendar for the next few days:

17/12 – Saturday

(I.e. 12h - Croatia vs Morocco

18/18 – Sunday

(I.e. 12h - Argentina vs France

What's new

This Friday (16), the president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, announced the creation of a new Club World Cup, to be played every four years, with 32 teams. The first edition will be in 2025, with the venue yet to be defined.

New men's World Cup will start in 3 years, FIFA announces.

Gianni Infantino: “The new men's Club World Cup will take place in 2025 and will feature 32 teams”. 🚨🏆

“32-team tournament will go ahead, making it like a World Cup”, Infantino added via @sr_collings. pic.twitter.com/YQZM38aNoT
- Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 16, 2022

Furthermore, Fifa announced a record forecast of 11 billion dollars in revenue in its next four-year cycle, in which it will take 48 teams to the 2026 World Cup, specifying that the format of the tournament has not yet been decided.

Busquets' goodbye 🇪🇸

Midfielder Sergio Busquets, world champion in 2010, announced this Friday (16) his retirement from the Spanish national team, after his last participation with the 'Roja' shirt at the World Cup in Qatar.

After 143 caps, one World Cup and one European Championship, Sergio Busquets has announced his retirement from international football 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/B6ugWU5zcX
- B / R Football (@brfootball) December 16, 2022

Preparations ????????

The authorities will mobilize 14 thousand police officers and guards across France next Sunday (18) for the final of the World cup of Qatar, in which the French team will face Argentina.

Los hermanos 🇦🇷

The Argentines rescued Messi's favorite song and made it the hit of this year World cup. The song “Muchachos” is the most played on streams in the country since the team qualified for the final.

The lyrics make fun of Brazil because of the 2021 Copa América, but also recall their own defeats in football and even the Falklands War.

What if Maradona and Messi shared a dressing room singing the song that talks about them both? It would be more or less like this. pic.twitter.com/ajvTGhZFAY
— Thiago Dias (@_thiago_dias_) December 15, 2022

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Gabriela Gonçalves