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The Copa Libertadores is the second largest continental club football competition in the world after the UEFA Champions League – in previous years, South American football clubs have won the FIFA Club World Cup (FCWC) and this year two previous winners hope to make a comeback and reclaim the title.
The 2005 FIFA Club World Cup champions Sao Paulo lines up against the 2006 FCWC title-holders and fellow Brazilian rival SC Internacional, in the first semifinal on July 27. Sao Paulo has just announced the signing of striker Fernando Lucio da Costa – the former SC Internacional skipper who led the team to victory in the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. Despite the outcome of this match, Brazilian football fans are guaranteed a place in the final.
In the second semifinal, Universidad de Chile take on Mexican club Chivas de Guadalajara on July 28. The second-leg of the semifinals will take place the week of August 4. Chivas de Guadalajara will be without their young World Cup star, Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez, who signed with English Premier League Club Manchester United, to become their first ever Mexican signing. In late August CONMEBOL will find out which of these teams will represent the confederation at this prestigious event — which has seen football giants AC Milan (2007), Manchester United (2008) and Barcelona (2009) all lift the coveted trophy.
John Lickrish, General Manager for the Local Organising Committee of the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2010, said since the end of the World Cup attention was now on Abu Dhabi and the club championship.
“It’s great to see past FIFA Club World Cup champions competing in these semifinals. We are now looking forward to finding out which of these teams will represent South America in Abu Dhabi.”
He also pinpointed South America had produced some of the world’s greatest players, including the current FIFA World Player of the Year, Lionel Messi and Ricardo Kaka.
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