The semifinals of the Club World Cup

River, champion of the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday will play against Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Barcelona will do the same on Thursday against the surprise Guangzhou Evergrande.

And the Club World Cup semi-finalists 2015, in its twelfth edition, has known River and Barcelona as leading candidates. The Gallardo will be measured against Sanfrecce Hiroshima , while the team of Luis Enrique will do the same against the surprise Guangzhou Evergrande .

The Millionaire rival, J.League champion, comes to complete very good performances in the World Cup. And it Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who on Thursday defeated Auckland City 2-0 in the preliminary round, had no trouble to eliminate TP Mazembe in the quarterfinals by the overwhelming 3-0 .

The other way, Guangzhou Evergrande team that has a strong presence in Brazil, including Luiz Felipe Scolari , Robinho and Paulinho, was the surprise with an extraordinary comeback in the final minutes against America , which beat the rival 2-1 to qualify for the semi-finals.

Thus, the first game of the semifinals of the Club World Cup will be between River and Sanfrecce Hiroshima, meeting on Wednesday December 16 will be held at 7:30 (time Argentina ) in Osaka. While Barcelona Lionel Messi , meanwhile, will meet on Thursday 17 at Guangzhou Evergrande.