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The Mexican side is the heavy underdog against the UEFA champion, but it wouldn't be unprecedented for Las Aguilas to shock Los Blancos.
A general rule of thumb when you come across a question in a headline is to answer "No," and you could do that with this piece. Can Club America top Real Madrid in the Club World Cup? The gut instinct is to deny the possibility.
After all, while America is a very good squad, one that won the CONCACAF Champions League and will be contesting the Liga MX final when it returns from Japan, it's not the best team in the world. Real Madrid quite possibly is. It has the best player in the world, at least according to those who selected Cristiano Ronaldo the Ballon d'Or winner earlier this week. It has other players among the best in the world at their positions. America has good players, maybe even some great players in the case of Rubens Sambueza or Silvio Romero (for now we'll leave out that Sambueza is an injury worry for Thursday's semifinal). But America does not have the best players in the world.
The Mexican side is the heavy underdog against the UEFA champion, but it wouldn't be unprecedented for Las Aguilas to shock Los Blancos.
A general rule of thumb when you come across a question in a headline is to answer "No," and you could do that with this piece. Can Club America top Real Madrid in the Club World Cup? The gut instinct is to deny the possibility.
After all, while America is a very good squad, one that won the CONCACAF Champions League and will be contesting the Liga MX final when it returns from Japan, it's not the best team in the world. Real Madrid quite possibly is. It has the best player in the world, at least according to those who selected Cristiano Ronaldo the Ballon d'Or winner earlier this week. It has other players among the best in the world at their positions. America has good players, maybe even some great players in the case of Rubens Sambueza or Silvio Romero (for now we'll leave out that Sambueza is an injury worry for Thursday's semifinal). But America does not have the best players in the world.