Eight Spanish teams against the rest will seek the trophy of the first U-12 Club World Cup in Brunete

This Wednesday the first Under-12 Club World Cup footballa project of the José Ramón de la Morena Foundation and LaLiga Futures. 20 teams from around the world, eight of them Spanish, will fight for the first world class title until March 29, when the grand final will be held to crown the champion.

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Espanyol, Real Betis, Valencia, Sevilla y Villarreal They are the eight Spanish representatives. Five teams complete the European roster: Arsenal (England), Inter Milan (Italy), PSG (France), Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) and Galatasaray (Turkey).

Like a good World Cup, not only Europe has to be represented, so they come from America Boca Juniors y River Platethe classics of Argentina, along with Palm trees y Flemishfrom Brazil. The list is completed by Inter Miami CF, from the United States; Wydad AC, from Morocco; and the Shanghai Port, from China.

The 20 teams are divided into four groups of five, which will play a first phase from Wednesday to Friday. The top two in each group will advance to the quarterfinals, which will be played on Saturday morning, with the semifinals in the afternoon. The finals will be played on Sunday morningstarting with third place and the grand final after.

As for the groups, the five American rivals will be included in Group A, Group B is made up of the five teams from the rest of Europe, and the first Spanish representatives are in Group C, with Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid as the great attraction, along with Betis, Sevilla and the Moroccan Wydad. Thus, two derbies will be played in the fight for the first two places.

To Madrid y Atlético It will be the revenge of the last LaLiga Futures tournament played in December, where the rojiblancos won in the semifinals to ultimately become champions. Atleti’s rival in that final was Villarrealwhich has been placed in Group D, along with Barça, Espanyol, Valencia and Shanghai Port.

Before, this Tuesday, an aperitif is planned with an exhibition match between a Spanish team and another from the rest of the world. On the part of the Spanish team, there are 15 young players from the eight Spanish clubs present. It is not Luca Villathe ‘Guajín’ son of the one who is still the all-time top scorer of the Spanish team to this day, David Villa.

But there is another heir to the most successful saga of La Roja, since the shortlist of goalkeepers includes Martin Casillas Carbonerothe journalist’s son Sara Carbonero and of Iker Casillaslegend in Real Madrid and in the national team, continuing the saga in La Fábrica of the white club.

Without detracting from the previous ones, in Andalusia they have their sights set on Dino Hodovic, from Betiswho in this tournament is lined up in defense, but in his league he plays in the center half position and has been proclaimed champion with the green and white team, leaving flashes of great quality.