I'm not going to lie: I'm really enjoying the FIFA Club World Cup. And that's a strange thing to say considering virtually every negative thing anyone has said about the competition has been correct.
The venues have indeed been too big, making decent good crowds look paltry in cavernous environments, and one of the scourges of 21st century business, dynamic pricing, has backfired in plenty of instances.
The European teams can claim both fatigue and rust at the same time, having taken a few weeks off after a grueling campaign before facing teams in midseason form (and fitness) from other continents.