Nigeria, July 1 -- I've been watching the Club World Cup (CWC) in the past couple of days, going to bed at times at 5 a.m. because of the time difference between Europe and the US, where the tournament is taking place.

I watch and read about football a lot, although I'm not a club fan. I have teams that I like because of how they play, but I can switch sides if they fail to entertain or deliver. I treat the game purely as entertainment or pastime.

The CWC is a new FIFA tournament that has replaced the six-club World Cup tournament, which failed to attract global interest because the teams were few and the gulf in quality between Europe's representative (the Champions League winner) and winners of other confederation tournaments, was hug...