Liverpool are in Doha preparing for their Club World Cup.

Liverpool is in Doha getting ready for their Club World Cup semi-final against Mexico's Monterrey, but before that game, Jurgen Klopp can spy on their potential final opponents whereas ensuring he tunes in to look at the Anfield club's second string in league Cup action on Tuesday.

The runaway Premier League leaders are in the bizarre position of having to play 2 matches in 2 days on 2 separate continents, almost 7,000 kilometers apart, with the League Cup quarter-final away to Aston Villa being followed by the meeting with the CONCACAF Champions League winners in Qatar on Wednesday evening.

The club's under-23 coach, Neil Critchley, can lead Liverpool's youngsters against Villa, while Klopp and all of his star players arrived in Doha on Sunday trying to end a fine year by winning the Club World Cup for the first time. Brazilian giants Flamengo, the Copa Libertadores winners, meet Asian champions Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia within the 1st semi-final at Doha's Khalifa International Stadium on Tuesday at 8:30 pm standard time (1730 GMT), with Liverpool's League game kicking off at 1945 GMT.

"Tomorrow night we tend to begin with watching the other semi-final live in the stadium, I think it should be possible. so we will leave there a bit earlier and sit here in front of the television and watch that game," Klopp told Liverpool's official website.

"Aston Villa is the big favorite, that's clear, but who cares? It's football and the ball rolls in every direction, that is pretty cool."

Liverpool arrived in Qatar without injured defender Dejan Lovren but with Georginio Wijnaldum, who came off in Saturday's 2-0 win over Watford. Welsh right-back Neco Williams and midfielder Curtis Jones, both 18, may ordinarily are in the team against Villa but were instead known as up by Klopp to travel to Qatar. Monterrey reached the semi-final when beating Al-Sadd, coached by Barcelona great Xavi Hernandez, on Sat.

'Massive' for Flamengo

Al-Sadd is involved in this tournament by their status as champions of the host nation. This remains a strange, disjointed competition, and one that will soon disappear in its current format as FIFA press the reset button and come back with a controversial, 24-team extravaganza in China from 2021.

The importance of the trophy to Liverpool is debatable, and for sure none of their supporters would prefer winning the Club World Cup to claiming a primary English title since 1990.

Nevertheless, it's not one thing that Klopp and his aspect are dismissing, because the Anfield outfit look to continue recent European dominance within the competition -- the last six editions are won by the European representative, with Real Madrid taking the last 3.

Chelsea was the last European participant to fail to carry the trophy as they lost to Corinthians in 2012.

It is a competition that tends to mean more for South American clubs, representing a chance for them to measure themselves against Europe's best. Flamengo secured a ticket to Qatar once they won the Copa Libertadores last month, beating stream Plate within the final with 2 late goals by Gabriel Barbosa, the one-time Inter Milan flop.

This may be a large title. we all know this can be the ultimate for clubs around the world which means a lot in South America too," said Flamengo defender Rafinha, who played for Bayern Munich once they won the competition in 2013. Flamengo won the recent Intercontinental Cup in 1981 by beating Liverpool and they have their sights set on another meeting with the Anfield side, but 1st they must see off Al Hilal.

"In Brazil, people are talking a lot regarding Liverpool and forgetting that we've got a game before that. they're being forgotten as a result of they're from Saudi Arabia, they're not European and so they're under-appreciated," warned Flamengo coach Jorge Jesus Christ, who was previously in charge of Al Hilal.