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Club World CupESPN
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The Club World Cup isn't designed to attract soccer devotees, but it's meant to reel in the casuals.
With the exception of New Zealand semi-pros Auckland City , nobody looked woefully out of place.
Three of the twelve European clubs exited in the group stage; only four matches out of 45 that qualify as blowouts.
FIFA crowed about it in a news release Friday , noting that the 16 sides in the knockouts come from 10 different countries.
Every single edition of the Euros is played in the summer , as are most World Cups .
None of these clubs are accustomed to playing in extreme heat: those from hotter nations tend to play their games at night .
The midseason/end-of-season factor? Sure, maybe it helped the South American sides a bit.
The soccer world is a smaller place than we previously thought.
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