• Fans of CAF Champions League winners Esperance De Tunis welcome the team bus in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    Fans of CAF Champions League winners Esperance De Tunis welcome the team bus in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • Esperance De Tunis players step off the bus after arriving in Abu Dhabi for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy: Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    Esperance De Tunis players step off the bus after arriving in Abu Dhabi for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy: Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • Fans of Esperance De Tunis welcome the team in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    Fans of Esperance De Tunis welcome the team in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • Fans of Esperance De Tunis welcome the team bus in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    Fans of Esperance De Tunis welcome the team bus in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • Esperance De Tunis players pose for photographs in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy: Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    Esperance De Tunis players pose for photographs in Abu Dhabi. Courtesy: Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • Fans of Esperance De Tunis welcome the team bus in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    Fans of Esperance De Tunis welcome the team bus in Abu Dhabi ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • Concacaf Champions League winners Guadalajara arrive in Abu Dhabi for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy: Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    Concacaf Champions League winners Guadalajara arrive in Abu Dhabi for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy: Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • Guadalajara players arrive in Abu Dhabi for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    Guadalajara players arrive in Abu Dhabi for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • A Guadalajara player poses for a selfie in Abu Dhabi after arriving for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    A Guadalajara player poses for a selfie in Abu Dhabi after arriving for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • A Guadalajara player is greeted after arriving in Abu Dhabi for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    A Guadalajara player is greeted after arriving in Abu Dhabi for the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
  • The Guadalajara squad poses for photos in front of a giant UAE flag ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018
    The Guadalajara squad poses for photos in front of a giant UAE flag ahead of the Fifa Club World Cup. Courtesy Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018

Fifa Club World Cup: Esperance de Tunis and Guadalajara greeted by fans after arriving in Abu Dhabi - in pictures


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With the Fifa Club World Cup UAE 2018 fast approaching, the participating teams are starting to arrive in Abu Dhabi.

Greeted by fans and welcomed with customary UAE hospitality, African champions Esperance de Tunis and Central American champions Guadalajara both touched down in the capital on Monday ahead of the Club World Cup.

Esperance and Guadalajara will now have a few days to adjust ahead of their quarter-final matches on Saturday. Guadalajara, the Concacaf Champions League winners, will face Asian champions Kashima Antlers at 5pm at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, before Esperance take on the winner of Wednesday's play-off between Al Ain and Team Wellington at 8.30pm.

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