This Saturday in the United Arab Emirates city of Al Ain (Al Ain in Arabic means Spring) the city will host the highest decision within the football clubs, the FIFA Club World Cup Final.
The FIFA Club World Cup in its 14th edition begins in the 80's with Tokyo - Japan as the host city, and now since February 2014 there is an application process where cities interested to host the final apply by a declaration of interest to the FIFA Executive Committee.
An inland city in a country famous for it's desert sun, Al Ain is the largest inland city in the United Arab Emirates and the fourth-largest overall after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah, and the second-largest in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
When steemit @sndbox published interesting posts to debate about urban design, Al Ain is an interesting example of an engineered city, an example of urban design engineering.
With a population of over half a million inhabitants Al Ain is located approximately 160 kilometres east of the capital Abu Dhabi and about 120 kilometres south of the famous Dubai .
Al Ain - Mubazzarah Park, greenery in UAE.
If you are a football fan, this final is nothing about news as this is a match eagerly waited by all the football fanatics, and although do not consider myself a football fanatic I do am an appreciator of the beautiful game.
Designed by BAM Sports, a design practice specialized in stadium design, the stadium was completed in 2014
The beautiful design of the 25.000 capacity stadium
Looking at the 2 finalists and within my experience with investments and economics I find an interesting issue about the The FIFA Club World Cup Final 2017.
In one side we have the Spanish team of Real Madrid with one of the greatest footballer the world has ever seen as a coach – Zinedine Zidane and many famous players, Real Madrid market capital value is of US$ 3.6 billion.
In the other side we have The Brazilian team of Gremio Football, one of the biggest teams of the skillful Brazilian Football League, which has a market capital value of US$ 71 million.
A difference between clubs of US$3.529 billion.
This is a match of value. While in one side a victory means the dream of every football player, the other side a victory mighty increase the marketing status of players advertisement fees.
Does money really talks in football?
Not really...
Looking at Forbes list of the 20 football clubs with the highest market capital, 19 although spending billions, is out of the Club World Cup Final , but that's the subject of another post.
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