World Cup vs UEFA Champions League, What is the best? With this year's World Cup increasingly exciting, the debate over whether the UEFA Champions League is better than the World Cup has raged.

Coach José Mourinho recently said that the Champions League is now better than the World Cup because the teams are at a higher level than the teams that cannot buy the best players. Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson agrees with him.

There is some bias in this statement and it is selfish, as Europeans have long tried to convince the world that Europe plays the best football.

European clubs have the best players, but so does the World Cup. But football is a game and the team with the best players is not necessarily the best team.

The best proof we have is the Club World Cup when the winner of the Champions League competes against the champions of other confederations and here the Europeans have won only 5 out of 9 tournaments.

But the former has a higher standard of football because it has all the best players playing for their respective nations, with each country having its own style of play.

The teams play with a deep commitment to the flag, knowing that the best achievement is to win the trophy and be crowned the best in the world.

On the other hand, in Champions League teams there is a mix of players from different countries with different playing styles and the players have no connection with the club they represent except for a contract and you can always switch to a new club next time. season.

For example, with Brazil, Neymar played with a free style, with freedom to move all over the field. But when he played for Barcelona, ​​he was stuck on the wing and is relegated to assisting Messi so is less effective.

Secondly, the World Cup covers the entire world, including more than 200 countries in Europe, Africa, North and South America, Asia and Oceana. It showcases the different styles of football as played around the world, increasing its competitiveness and colour.

Additionally, FIFA now plans to expand the tournament to guarantee underrepresented areas such as the Caribbean Football Union region and Oceana a full place in the tournament.

In contrast, the Champions League is limited to just 32 cities in Europe and where fan support is largely confined to the city where the club is based.

Thus, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was watched in every nation and territory in the world, including Antarctica and the Arctic Circle, and was seen by 3.2 billion people or 46.4% of the world's population.

The final game was seen by 909.6 million viewers (or more than a billion if those watching away from home in bars and pubs were included).

The Champions League doesn't even come close to those numbers. Just 150 million watched last season's final game (or 360 million if those away from home are included).

It's more than just winning and losing. It unites countries and cultures (whites and blacks in South Africa, Serbs and Croats in Bosnia) and is for many countries the only opportunity to give their nation some recognition in the eyes of the world.

The event creates heroes and villains, for example, players who won the World Cup in 1966 are still heroes in England and you don't get that status by winning the Champions League.

It leaves lasting memories, such as watching the skills and artistry of the great Pelé in 1970, Sócrates in 1982 and Maradona in 1986.

The group stage of the World Cup is better than the Champions League because it has more drama, as a team must win at least one game and can only lose one to qualify for the next stage.

World Cup fever for the next tournament has started to grow. A daily countdown has started.

Players fear injuries that could rule them out and are very proud to wear the national team's shirt, as illustrated by the enthusiasm with which some of them sing the national anthem before a game. This cannot be matched by the Champions League anthem.

In 1 month every 4 years, all people and cultures from around the world converge on a host country where games are played in a carnival-like atmosphere and 90 minutes of football are just part of the spectacle.

In the case of the 2022 World Cup, which will be held in Qatar, the expectation is that the event will open the host country to the new world. Qatar, which will host the 2022 tournament, hopes to use it to boost its economy to face a post-oil and gas world and show that the Middle East is not just a region of instability.

It's all about money. An extended tournament that spans 10 months of the year to win money; most games are easily forgettable as there are many weak teams such as FC Basel or CSKA Moskva.

Every year the same top 8 clubs reach the quarter finals as the gulf between them and the rest is vast so it is reduced to a contest between a rich club against a richer one. In the 2012 final, mega-billionaire Real Madrid was champion over Liverpool

The World Cup is better than the Champions League because the standard of play is higher, it is more popular and it is more than just a game with more to offer.

A 2022 poem preview of a World Cup tournament describes its impact as follows:

The difference between the two competitions is best described by former England manager Roy Hodgson when he said: “I think most players at the end of their careers would say going to the World Cup was their finest hour.

Few will say so. I was playing in the Champions League group stage against Standard Liege on a Wednesday night. That's why the World Cup is more than a game and is football's biggest event.