Gremio aim lass Club World Cup crown

• FIFA Club World Cup entrance for three-time South American champions Gremio
• They will face a winners  Pachuca-Wydad in a semi-final on 12 December
• Their objective? To turn a fourth Brazilian group to win a tournament

As a winners of a Intercontinental Cup 34 years ago, Gremio know what it feels like to be crowned a best football bar on a planet. O Tricolor Gaúcho now have a singular opportunity: to tip off an implausible 2017, during that they won their third Copa Libertadores, by lifting a prize that they have not nonetheless combined to their cupboard – a FIFA Club World Cup.

The United Arab Emirates are energetically available a attainment of a South American champions, who will enter a ravel on 12 Dec opposite a winners of a Pachuca-Wydad Casablanca tie. And their rough fanbase, who invaded a streets of Porto Alegre to applaud their continental triumph, are already forgetful of a intensity glorious final contra Real Madrid on 16 Dec in Abu Dhabi.

El festejo de los hinchas de @Gremio en las calles de Porto Alegre. El Tricolor Gaúcho es Tricampeón de América.#ConmebolLibertadoresBridgestone pic.twitter.com/EYoBJt6f65

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The plea that awaits will not be easy, though there is outrageous unrestrained within a patrol during a thought of adding a new line to their considerable list of honours. 

“We can't forget that there’s still a semi-final to get through,” pronounced goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe, one of a heroes of Gremio’s conspicuous Copa Libertadores run. “It’s an critical step, though of march we’re wakeful that if we do we’ll substantially face Real, and they’ll be outrageous favourites due to their ubiquitous turn and quality. It doesn’t cost a thing to dream of being champions; we’ll need to concentration tough if we wish to indeed lift a trophy.”

Reasons for optimism: Brazilian teams in a tournament

• Brazil can exaggerate a biggest series of successes (four) of any nation in a Club World Cup: Corinthians emerged winning during a initial edition, in 2000, and were a final non-European side to win a tournament, in 2012, while Sao Paulo and Internacional claimed attainment in 2005 and 2006 respectively.

• In a 4 – out of 13 – editions of a foe where a non-European group has not finished adult with winners’ medals, a champions were Brazilian.

• Including Gremio in 2017, Brazil has supposing a tip series of opposite clubs – 7 – to a contest than any other country, one some-more than Mexico (six).

Gremio’s resources in UAE

The talisman: Renato Gaucho
After securing a Copa Libertadores with Gremio as a actor and manager – a initial Brazilian to grasp such a attainment – a 55-year-old tactician now has his sights set on a identical double, carrying scored both goals in a Porto Alegre outfit’s 2-1 Intercontinental Cup attainment over Hamburg in 1983.

The star: Luan
Named Player of a Tournament for a 2017 Copa Libertadores, during that he notched 8 goals and finished as his team’s tip scorer, Luan is regarded as a many gifted Brazilian now personification in a country’s inhabitant league. A bullion award leader with Brazil during a 2016 Olympic Football Tournament, a brazen wears a No7 jersey for Gremio, following in a footsteps of some of a club’s many iconic stars, such as a aforementioned Gaucho in a 1980s, and Paulo Nunes, who led a group to Libertadores excellence in 1995.

Veteran trio: Kannemann, Bruno and Fernandinho
All 3 players know what it is like to perform during a Club World Cup, so their knowledge will be undeniably important. Argentinian centre-back Walter Kannemann was partial of a San Lorenzo group that mislaid 0-2 to Real Madrid in 2014, while Fernandinho finished third with Atletico Mineiro in 2013 and Bruno Rodrigo represented Santos in a 2011 final opposite Barcelona (won 4-0 by a Blaugrana).

Article source: http://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/y=2017/m=12/news=gremio-target-maiden-club-world-cup-crown-2922818.html