⚽ FIFA Club World Cup 2025 - USA: Discussion Thread ⚽

[criptoevangelista]

Found out that there was lots of jubilation and celebrations after the Auckland City Vs Boca Junior game last night and I can totally understand. Some would say after all they were shameful in the competition by conceding tons of goals in just two matches. But it goes beyond this, most of the players of Auckland City are people whose main job isn't football, some of them does two to five jobs daily and only picks up football as option. This team actually made it to the Club World Cup by qualifying and not by invitation. They scored one goal and earned one point in the process, that's alone is more reason for them to be happy because they are the only amateurs in the competition.

For the Auckland City players, it was an epic achievement that will live on in all their memories. But for Boca Juniors, it was one of the biggest embarrassments in recent times, they drew with the official punching bag of the Club World Cup. If I were a Boca fan, I’d be really upset. Now they’ll have to endure endless banter from River Plate supporters for a long, long time lol.

[Arenga pinnata]

Chelsea advance to the next round of the tournament, they beat Esperance Tunis 0-3, goals from Tosin, Delap and T. George. 2 late goals in the first half and stoppage time goal in the second half secured Chelsea the win. Chelsea will face Benfica in the round of 16, it going to be a big test for the conference league champions.

Delap showed class yesterday, though some critics insisted that it was not a worthy opponent, but at least he his showing all Chelsea fans what he can bring to the squad, Jackson will also be unavailable in the next match against Benfica and maybe that will be the actual test for Delap.

Congratulations to both Chelsea and flamengo as they both advance in the next phase of the tournament in Group D.

In the end, Chelsea was able to qualify for the round of 16 quite well. And I think that's what everyone expects from Chelsea. And so far Chelsea haven't really disappointed. However, the tough test will start in the round of 16. facing Benfica will really be a very difficult match. Because we all already know that Benfica is not a team that can be underestimated. This team is even one of the teams that rarely misses the Champions League. The quality of Benfica itself can sometimes be said to be better than Chelsea, which has actually just recovered after several bad seasons. It's just that if we talk about the depth of the current squad, Chelsea will still be the favorite. but I personally am not sure whether Chelsea will be able to progress further or not. But I think hope is still wide open for everyone. But maybe I won't bet on the Chelsea vs Benfica match in the last 16. Unless I change my mind.

[MArsland]

yes exactly, participating in this club world championship will certainly be exhausting for the players, so much so that they are suffering and are doing the cooling break, it certainly helps a bit, but when they return to their respective championships the fatigue will be felt and for them it will be very difficult to return to the rhythm without ever having stopped

It is true that the Club World Cup is considered to drain the energy of the players who will prepare themselves in their respective Leagues, but on the other hand because the Club World Cup is not much different from a friendly match, the only difference is that it is wrapped in an official trophy, plus the Club World Cup can be an important thing to measure how far the coach and players can carry out their strategy. Because of the many new players and new coaches in each team, this event is important for evaluation material.

[Tamaperdana]

Chelsea advance to the next round of the tournament, they beat Esperance Tunis 0-3, goals from Tosin, Delap and T. George. 2 late goals in the first half and stoppage time goal in the second half secured Chelsea the win. Chelsea will face Benfica in the round of 16, it going to be a big test for the conference league champions.

Delap showed class yesterday, though some critics insisted that it was not a worthy opponent, but at least he his showing all Chelsea fans what he can bring to the squad, Jackson will also be unavailable in the next match against Benfica and maybe that will be the actual test for Delap.

Congratulations to both Chelsea and flamengo as they both advance in the next phase of the tournament in Group D.

Chelsea's struggle in group D can be said to be quite smooth even though they could not sweep all their matches because they lost to Flamengo in the previous match. But in the match against Tunis Chelsea was able to prove that they deserved to qualify for the next round. In the next round or the last 16, I also feel that Chelsea will definitely have difficulty beating Benfica. Because Benfica is the champion in group C and they also managed to beat a strong team like Munich. So with that, Chelsea should not underestimate Benfica, because I personally believe that Benfica could be much stronger than Flamengo. So it is possible that Chelsea could have the potential for a fairly large defeat in the last 16.

But even so, we also cannot underestimate Chelsea, because Chelsea will certainly prepare a very good strategy to be able to match the performance of Benfica players. In addition, Jackson will definitely be absent from the upcoming match, because he received a red card in the previous match. But as you said, Chelsea still has Delap, a young striker who is quite great. Although honestly I personally still doubt the player, but in essence rather than Chelsea fielding another striker like Marc Guiu, I think Chelsea is better off fielding Delap. And for this match I personally have not decided which team to bet on, but it seems I am more inclined to bet on Benfica in this match, and what about you, will you bet on this match.

[KTChampions]

Benfica has shown that they can hold their own against the strongest teams in the tournament. When they drew with Boca Juniors, i started wondering if they could even make it past the group stage. But here they are, finishing first in the group. I hope the portuguese team can surprise many others.

Boca Juniors' strength is questionable - they couldn't even beat Auckland City, which finished their previous two games with a goal difference of -16 
I'm not surprised that Benfica got to the playoffs, but I am surprised that from first place - Bayern did not take the decisive game seriously. In the end, Bayern got a weaker opponent (yes, that's unfair), but still, it's unworthy behavior for a big club.

[Arenga pinnata]

3 matches that I probably wouldn't want to miss watching but I also wouldn't bet on either team winning these matches. Because I think it will be quite difficult to predict. These three matches are

- Juventus vs Man city
- Al Hilal vs Pachuca
- RB Salzburg vs Real Madrid.

However, based on existing statistics, Man City, Al-Hilal and Real Madrid should be the teams that can be expected to win. However, I personally think there are too many surprising results in the current Club World Cup. Which makes me prefer not to take risks in matches that make me doubt.  What do you think about these three matches?

[Hewlet]

Chelsea advance to the next round of the tournament, they beat Esperance Tunis 0-3, goals from Tosin, Delap and T. George. 2 late goals in the first half and stoppage time goal in the second half secured Chelsea the win. Chelsea will face Benfica in the round of 16, it going to be a big test for the conference league champions.

Delap showed class yesterday, though some critics insisted that it was not a worthy opponent, but at least he his showing all Chelsea fans what he can bring to the squad, Jackson will also be unavailable in the next match against Benfica and maybe that will be the actual test for Delap.

Congratulations to both Chelsea and flamengo as they both advance in the next phase of the tournament in Group D.

In the end, Chelsea was able to qualify for the round of 16 quite well. And I think that's what everyone expects from Chelsea. And so far Chelsea haven't really disappointed. However, the tough test will start in the round of 16. facing Benfica will really be a very difficult match. Because we all already know that Benfica is not a team that can be underestimated.

the first goal was to fight and ensure that they qualified into the round of sixteen and even though it was not a very smooth ride, they have succeeded in getting it done and at this point in time, they are at the stage where every game matters and i trust that Chelsea winning Benfica for a start is not something that will be too tough for them to do. getting Delap on the score sheet is what every Chelsea fans had been anticipating and with an early and yet crucial goal for the blues, a lot of comparison has already started regarding how well he is going to keep performing for the blues in the long term. with this goal, the competition will soon start well in full swing between him and Jackson and that is going to be very instrumental in giving them good success both in the FIFA club world cup and the coming champions league that Chelsea have equally qualified for.

[Arenga pinnata]

In the end, Chelsea was able to qualify for the round of 16 quite well. And I think that's what everyone expects from Chelsea. And so far Chelsea haven't really disappointed. However, the tough test will start in the round of 16. facing Benfica will really be a very difficult match. Because we all already know that Benfica is not a team that can be underestimated.

the first goal was to fight and ensure that they qualified into the round of sixteen and even though it was not a very smooth ride, they have succeeded in getting it done and at this point in time, they are at the stage where every game matters and i trust that Chelsea winning Benfica for a start is not something that will be too tough for them to do. getting Delap on the score sheet is what every Chelsea fans had been anticipating and with an early and yet crucial goal for the blues, a lot of comparison has already started regarding how well he is going to keep performing for the blues in the long term. with this goal, the competition will soon start well in full swing between him and Jackson and that is going to be very instrumental in giving them good success both in the FIFA club world cup and the coming champions league that Chelsea have equally qualified for.

So far, Chelsea has always been successful in bringing in talented young players who can make quite a good contribution to the team. And the presence of Liam Delap also brings new hope and additional new strength to this team. The first goal scored by Delap was quite special too. And with this, the depth of Chelsea's squad will continue to improve. It's just that I think yesterday's win happened because ES Tunis didn't play well. Which allows Chelsea to win quite easily. because ES Tunis only controlled the ball for 25% of the match. So it is very natural that Chelsea can win this match. And it was also a good opportunity for Delap to score his first goal for Chelsea. but we probably shouldn't immediately have too high hopes for this player and also for Chelsea for the round of 16. because Benfica is a tough team that even if Chelsea is careless, Chelsea will be the one who loses. But yeah, Chelsea still deserves to be the favorite. Because I think the players Chelsea have are quite superior.

[SmartCharpa]

For the Auckland City players, it was an epic achievement that will live on in all their memories. But for Boca Juniors, it was one of the biggest embarrassments in recent times, they drew with the official punching bag of the Club World Cup. If I were a Boca fan, I’d be really upset. Now they’ll have to endure endless banter from River Plate supporters for a long, long time lol.

Despite being the poorest team in the competition, with the most goals conceded, Auckland City will be happy that they scored their first goal against Boca Junior with one point after the draw, I wasn't expecting Auckland City to get a single point in the group stage because they were in the same group as other difficult clubs. I expected Boca Junior to win the match, but not with a lot of goals since Auckland City already knew how it would end. But they failed to beat a team that Bayern Munich and Benfica destroyed with 16 goals.

Even though they were able to beat Auckland City, Boca Junior will be eliminated since Benfica defeated Bayern Munich, however, the result of the match surprised everyone. Maybe since Boca Junior was in the same group as Benfica and Bayern Munich, we didn't see their best, otherwise, if we judge both clubs based on their performances in this tournament so far, River Plate seems to be better than Boca Junior.

[Promocodeudo]

Found out that there was lots of jubilation and celebrations after the Auckland City Vs Boca Junior game last night and I can totally understand. Some would say after all they were shameful in the competition by conceding tons of goals in just two matches. But it goes beyond this, most of the players of Auckland City are people whose main job isn't football, some of them does two to five jobs daily and only picks up football as option. This team actually made it to the Club World Cup by qualifying and not by invitation. They scored one goal and earned one point in the process, that's alone is more reason for them to be happy because they are the only amateurs in the competition.

This is funny, I think this team isn't suppose to be here in the fisrt place despite that they qualified for this competition by themselves it is just unfortunate that they are part of this tournament, how will players of a football club have numerous jobs they do and still want to perform well in the football field when encountering an opponent, how realistic is that, hearing that in the first place makes everything look like a joke, although may be that's what the owner of the club wants, personally am a football lover and I understand that it takes practice and serious training for any football players to himself so when I hear that a player has other things he does not even one thing ataieat, i got uncomfortable because nothing will be expected of this kind of players unless in their amateur settings that's why Auckland lapses is very open, although this is there only goal so it is worth celebrating, did you also check the odd, Auckland was given 76 odd to win the draw odd was 26, Boca Juniors 1.01 to win so you can now see why the amateur team was celebrating.

[JeffBrad12]

Ez game for Chelsea. They played their B team, and still get enormous result. I know their opponent is weak, but appreciate how their young lads did it well entire game.
They get cleansheet. Their young lads scored, and no injury in this game. It's good stuff from them. They'er going to the knockout stage.

This game gives their coach clue about the potential of his young lads.

So why the complains? To be honest Enzo Maresca is not a manager that have confidence in his players. A team that is not up to speed are going head to head with Chelsea and he has already pushed the panic button which I feel wasn't suppose to be. Well a big win which we all expected but that doesn't mean the Blues have done the needful in this competition, this is the difficult part where they start facing some of the best in each group and Benfica is not one of those weak teams they faced in the group stage so I expect Chelsea to change the way they have been handling their games in the group stage if not it won't end well.

If Chelsea still use the same approach like the way they fought the weak teams against Benfica. They must be stupid enough. That's pretty obvious how they must change their method to beat Benfica, then go to the round of 8.
Benfica ain't an easy opponent. So they must going all in order to beat them.

I only wonder what Maresca's plan to win against Benfica. I don't wanna see him to do another experiment to his team just like playing Reece at mid.

[Ahli38]

It is true that the Club World Cup is considered to drain the energy of the players who will prepare themselves in their respective Leagues, but on the other hand because the Club World Cup is not much different from a friendly match, the only difference is that it is wrapped in an official trophy, plus the Club World Cup can be an important thing to measure how far the coach and players can carry out their strategy. Because of the many new players and new coaches in each team, this event is important for evaluation material.

Well, this competition could also be used for that. But I'm pretty sure this match is very important for everyone. Because the Club World Cup is also a competition that determines which club is currently the best in the world. Is it a club from Europe, America or Asia or so on. Each representative from each continent truly carried a heavy burden. because they carry the good name of their continent and country in addition to their club.

But on the one hand, this competition is very useful to test how good the team they have currently formed is for the upcoming season in their respective domestic leagues or even in the UCL and so on.
But some teams even compete in this competition without really thorough preparation. Like Inter Milan who even just lost their coach. And they immediately competed in the Club World Cup with their new coach, which they didn't even know beforehand whether it would be good for the team or not. And several similar things also happened in other teams.

[rdluffy]

It is true that the Club World Cup is considered to drain the energy of the players who will prepare themselves in their respective Leagues, but on the other hand because the Club World Cup is not much different from a friendly match, the only difference is that it is wrapped in an official trophy, plus the Club World Cup can be an important thing to measure how far the coach and players can carry out their strategy. Because of the many new players and new coaches in each team, this event is important for evaluation material.

To be honest, I disagree hehehe
I have the impression that all the clubs, including the big ones like Real Madrid, PSG and Bayern, are taking the competition seriously and playing 100%, not like a friendly match
The prize for the winner is US$ 40 million 


Yesterday I lost my two bets, I was wrong on Benfica and Flamengo
Today I need to pay more attention to try to recover

I'm going to place two bets again, split like this:
Borussia and Fluminense win, odds of 2.70 combined

Inter Milan and Monterrey win, odds 3.68
Obviously this is a riskier bet, but I think I can win at least one of them.

[Accardo]

yes exactly, participating in this club world championship will certainly be exhausting for the players, so much so that they are suffering and are doing the cooling break, it certainly helps a bit, but when they return to their respective championships the fatigue will be felt and for them it will be very difficult to return to the rhythm without ever having stopped

It is true that the Club World Cup is considered to drain the energy of the players who will prepare themselves in their respective Leagues, but on the other hand because the Club World Cup is not much different from a friendly match, the only difference is that it is wrapped in an official trophy, plus the Club World Cup can be an important thing to measure how far the coach and players can carry out their strategy. Because of the many new players and new coaches in each team, this event is important for evaluation material.

Nature through FIFA is trying out an experiment with football to figure out the strength and intelligence of street football and European football, the changes in soccer and football. And the breeds of stars they groom. If you watch closely, they's a controversy between south American clubs and the European clubs. The natural taste of football from a star who started out playing on barefoots in a market square is far unique from those who began at the academy. Professionals who had extended rapport with street football doesn't fall much victim to Fatique and all that you have mentioned. The world of football is tightening up to select the best and feed spectators with quality soccer, not football.

[Danica22]

It is true that the Club World Cup is considered to drain the energy of the players who will prepare themselves in their respective Leagues, but on the other hand because the Club World Cup is not much different from a friendly match, the only difference is that it is wrapped in an official trophy, plus the Club World Cup can be an important thing to measure how far the coach and players can carry out their strategy. Because of the many new players and new coaches in each team, this event is important for evaluation material.

Only small and mid-core teams take the Club World Cup seriously. For big clubs, it is like a warm-up match. We see every renowned club choosing the FIFA Club World Cup platform to experiment with their squads. They are giving opportunities to the young players in the squad. The young players are trying to prove their capabilities.

Also, several clubs have changed their managers. So the new coach is applying new match tactics. This is also one of the reasons why the performance of big clubs is a bit erratic. However, the mid-core teams are trying their best to perform well. Among them, Palmeiras, Inter Miami, Botafogo and Flamengo are among them.

[condoras]

All my predictions for yesterday and today came out too. Even though Atletico failed to qualify for the konckouts but they won in 90 minutes. That matters most to me.
The result of two groups are now completed. From group A, its Palmeiras and Inter Miami. Not a very surprising result. Some might have expected Porto to qualify instead of Palmeiras but Portuguese clubs are not doing very well recently.
From group B advances PSG and Botafogo, everyone might have expected Atletico Madrid instead of Botafogo. It sure was a tight call but the unexpected loss of PSG against Botafogo cost Atletico. If it were have been a draw, it was Atletico's spot.

Porto might fail to perform well, but that doesn't include Benfica, which yesterday got the win from Bayern and progressed to the next round as 1st in its group, leaving out Boca. As for Group B, Atletico thought that it would be easy or that PSG wouldn't lose a game. However, it seems that it wasn't an easy task for either of them.

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Aucklund City scored their first goal in the tournament against Boca Juniors and with this goal they got 1 point and said goodbye to the tournament together with Boca.
Boca Juniors played effectively but could not get past Aucklund Goalkeeper Garrow. The fact that most of Boca's shots went towards Garrow increased the save statistics. Even though the shots were hard, most of them went directly to the goalkeeper.
Boca looked for a goal with many shots but could not find the second goal they were looking for and left the field with a score of 1-1 and they said goodbye to the tournament. I expected a better performance from Boca Juniors. I thought they would see the quarter finals at worst but it did not happen.

Not going to highlight the match as both teams have failed to qualify. But the interesting thing here is who is betting on a draw? In fact before this match started I saw the draw odds @30.00 and Aucklund City win at odds @60.00.
Boca's win odds of @1.01x were not comparable to last night's result, and sure enough this could be a surprise match for bettors but I didn't bet on this match myself.

[HajiBagi]

Well guys, we already have the first 4 matches of the round of 16 of this club world cup

Palmeiras vs Botafogo 28 June
PSG vs Inter Miami 29 June
Benfica vs Chelsea 28 June
Flamengo vs Bayern Monaco (date yet to be defined)

I would say that the first pairings are pretty tough, I find the PSG - Inter Miami and Flamengo - Bayern Munich matches very interesting.

Palmeiras vs Botafogo will be hard to predict because these teams are playing well and we have seen them playing against big teams and they did well so I can’t predict the match, PSG vs Inter Miami will not be that tough because Inter Miami doesn't have any chance of defeating PSG, I see PSG winning the match with 3 or 4 goals because the energy is different, PSG has young and talented players who are currently one of the best players in the world right and Inter Miami with old players can not compete against them.

Chelsea vs Benfica match will be a tough match, I see some Chelsea fans saying that Bayern Munich is scared of Chelsea which is why they let Benfica defeat them, Chelsea should be the to be scared of Benfica because Benfica is good at playing counter-attack and they have players that can make Chelsea player receive a red card, Benfica will play well against Chelsea and that will make the match tough.

[Justbillywitt]

yes exactly, participating in this club world championship will certainly be exhausting for the players, so much so that they are suffering and are doing the cooling break, it certainly helps a bit, but when they return to their respective championships the fatigue will be felt and for them it will be very difficult to return to the rhythm without ever having stopped

It is true that the Club World Cup is considered to drain the energy of the players who will prepare themselves in their respective Leagues, but on the other hand because the Club World Cup is not much different from a friendly match, the only difference is that it is wrapped in an official trophy, plus the Club World Cup can be an important thing to measure how far the coach and players can carry out their strategy. Because of the many new players and new coaches in each team, this event is important for evaluation material.

You lied when you said the club world cup is not much different from a friendly match. The club world cup has been a major FIFA competition that has been on for years. If a team win the trophy it is counted as a major achievement for the team that year. If you consider the FIFA club world cup as a friendly match, then you are indirectly telling us that the FIFA world cup is also a friendly match. FIFA Club world cup is exactly what the FIFA world cup is. The other one involves international teams, while this own involves professional football clubs.

[coinlocket$]

Wednesday, June 25
Borussia Dortmund vs. Ulsan HD, 3 p.m., TQL Stadium, Cincinnati
Mamelodi Sundowns vs. Fluminense, 3 p.m., Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens
Inter vs. River Plate, 9 p.m., Lumen Field, Seattle
Urawa Red Diamonds vs. Monterrey, 9 p.m., Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Source: https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/fifa-club-world-cup-2025-schedule-scores-where-to-watch-bayern-munich-boca-juniors-chelsea-fc/

Inter River is kinda interesting game.
I think that with a tie both teams will pass the turn.

Last 2 days for this group stage.