Inter submited the list of 23 players that will play at the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup and Goran Pandev as expected is on the list.
Inter’s manager Raf Benítez decide the following players to travel to the UAE:
Goalkeepers: 1 Júlio César, 12 Luca Castellazzi, 21 Paolo Orlandoni
Defenders: 2 Iván Córdoba, 4 Javier Zanetti, 6 Lúcio, 13 Maicon, 23 Marco Materazzi, 26 Cristian Chivu, 36 Simone Benedetti, 39 Davide Santon.
Midfielders: 5 Dejan Stanković, 8 Thiago Motta, 10 Wesley Sneijder, 11 Sulley Muntari, 17 MacDonald Mariga, 19 Esteban Cambiasso, 40 Obiora Nwankwo.
Attackers: 9 Samuel Eto’o, 22 Diego Milito, 27 Goran Pandev, 31 Denis Alibec, 88 Jonathan Biabiany.
The 2010 FIFA Club World Cup will be played from 8th till 18th of December this year in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Pandev’s Inter will start from the Semifinals (15th December) where will face the winner of the first quarterfinal. Possible opponents are Al-Wahda (UAE), Hekari United (Papua New Guinea) and Sasa Ognenovski’s Seongnam Ilhwa Cunma (South Korea). In the other seminal, South American champions Internacional (Brazil) will face the winner of the clash between Mazembe (Congo DR) and Pachuca (Mexico).