Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen believes the unknown quantities they will face at the Club World Cup make it a more difficult tournament for which to prepare than domestic and European competitions.
The Blues will begin their campaign in the inaugural edition of the expanded 32-team tournament on Monday when they take on MLS side LAFC in Atlanta.
Enzo Maresca’s men will then face Flamengo before taking on Esperance de Tunis in Group D.
Chelsea will be heavy favourites to progress from the group and reach the knockout stage, but Jorgensen sees a challenge in the lack of familiarity with their opponents.
“We will try to study them as much as we can in videos, and try to study all the players we are going to face,” Jorgensen told the club’s official website.
“We don’t know or maybe follow these teams as much as we do with other teams from Europe, so it’s definitely a bit harder, but we will study as much as we can off the pitch and try to do it on the pitch.
“I’m really looking forward to it. It’s going to be a really good tournament. It’s the World Cup to be the best in the world, it’s always fun, so we will have a great time. Hopefully, we can win it.
“It can be very important for us. We showed [our quality] this year in the Premier League against teams that were fighting in the Champions League. We even had two teams in the Europa League final, which shows the league is very tough.
“I know and I am very confident we should be playing against these teams, and we have all the capability of doing that.”
