- Pachuca open their Club World Cup campaign against Wydad on 9 December
- This will be the club’s fourth appearance at the competition
- “What’s our ideal scenario? To always dominate,” said their coach
They say that third time is the charm, but not for Diego Alonso. It was only at the fourth attempt that the Uruguayan finally earned the opportunity to contest the FIFA Club World Cup.
Alonso thrice fell agonisingly short of reaching the competition as a player, losing the finals of the UEFA Champions League with Valencia (2001), the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup with Pumas (2005) an…